diff --git a/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTUpdateFieldsTask.inc b/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTUpdateFieldsTask.inc
index ed09b746212aa32ae3afe267f6b54c91591ca10c..3991c09bb5a38f34dccf236f90a759a6a91600f7 100644
--- a/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTUpdateFieldsTask.inc
+++ b/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTUpdateFieldsTask.inc
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class VTUpdateFieldsTask extends VTTask {
 						$currencyfieldConvertedValue = $focus->column_fields[$fieldValue . "_raw_converted"];
 
 						$fieldValue = $focus->column_fields[$fieldValue];
+						if($rightOperandFieldType == 'multipicklist' && $fieldDataType=='string'){
+							$fieldValue = str_replace(' |##| ', ' ', $fieldValue);
+						}
 					}
 					$fieldValueInDB = $fieldValue;