diff --git a/console/src/app/modules/input/input.directive.ts b/console/src/app/modules/input/input.directive.ts
index ca160b680..a7e2f644f 100644
--- a/console/src/app/modules/input/input.directive.ts
+++ b/console/src/app/modules/input/input.directive.ts
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ export class InputDirective
   private _dirtyCheckPlaceholder(): void {
     // If we're hiding the native placeholder, it should also be cleared from the DOM, otherwise
     // screen readers will read it out twice: once from the label and once from the attribute.
-    const placeholder = null;
+    const placeholder = this._getPlaceholder();
+
     if (placeholder !== this._previousPlaceholder) {
       const element = this._elementRef.nativeElement;
       this._previousPlaceholder = placeholder;
@@ -371,6 +372,11 @@ export class InputDirective
     }
   }
 
+  /** Gets the current placeholder of the form field. */
+  protected _getPlaceholder(): string | null {
+    return this.placeholder || null;
+  }
+
   /** Does some manual dirty checking on the native input `value` property. */
   protected _dirtyCheckNativeValue(): void {
     const newValue = this._elementRef.nativeElement.value;