diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/bookmarkProperties.js b/browser/components/places/content/bookmarkProperties.js
index f44d819c66b..0b2d25ae375 100644
--- a/browser/components/places/content/bookmarkProperties.js
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/bookmarkProperties.js
@@ -557,10 +557,7 @@ var BookmarkPropertiesPanel = {
 
     if (this._loadInSidebar) {
       let annoObj = { name   : PlacesUIUtils.LOAD_IN_SIDEBAR_ANNO,
-                      type   : Ci.nsIAnnotationService.TYPE_INT32,
-                      flags  : 0,
-                      value  : this._loadInSidebar,
-                      expires: Ci.nsIAnnotationService.EXPIRE_NEVER };
+                      value  : true };
       let setLoadTxn = new PlacesSetItemAnnotationTransaction(-1, annoObj);
       childTransactions.push(setLoadTxn);
     }
diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/editBookmarkOverlay.js b/browser/components/places/content/editBookmarkOverlay.js
index 5eab31c9a16..03f71ac5fa1 100644
--- a/browser/components/places/content/editBookmarkOverlay.js
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/editBookmarkOverlay.js
@@ -589,14 +589,10 @@ var gEditItemOverlay = {
 
   onLoadInSidebarCheckboxCommand:
   function EIO_onLoadInSidebarCheckboxCommand() {
-    var loadInSidebarChecked = this._element("loadInSidebarCheckbox").checked;
-    var annoObj = { name   : PlacesUIUtils.LOAD_IN_SIDEBAR_ANNO,
-                    type   : Ci.nsIAnnotationService.TYPE_INT32,
-                    flags  : 0,
-                    value  : loadInSidebarChecked,
-                    expires: Ci.nsIAnnotationService.EXPIRE_NEVER };
-    var txn = new PlacesSetItemAnnotationTransaction(this._itemId,
-                                                     annoObj);
+    let annoObj = { name : PlacesUIUtils.LOAD_IN_SIDEBAR_ANNO };
+    if (this._element("loadInSidebarCheckbox").checked)
+      annoObj.value = true;
+    let txn = new PlacesSetItemAnnotationTransaction(this._itemId, annoObj);
     PlacesUtils.transactionManager.doTransaction(txn);
   },