diff --git a/vc_zoom/README.md b/vc_zoom/README.md
index d9b24e8..de652aa 100644
--- a/vc_zoom/README.md
+++ b/vc_zoom/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 - Fix deleting Zoom meetings that were already deleted on the Zoom side when running outside a web request context (e.g. during scheduled deletion of events)
 - Fix overwriting co-hosts added via the Zoom client when using "make me co-host" in Indico
+- Always refresh data from Zoom before editing via Indico to avoid saving with stale data
 
 ### 2.3b2
 
diff --git a/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/plugin.py b/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/plugin.py
index d3ece5f..b59cf4d 100644
--- a/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/plugin.py
+++ b/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/plugin.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from flask import flash, has_request_context, session
+from flask import flash, has_request_context, request, session
 from markupsafe import escape
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import flag_modified
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@ class ZoomPlugin(VCPluginMixin, IndicoPlugin):
 
     def create_form(self, event, existing_vc_room=None, existing_event_vc_room=None):
         """Override the default room form creation mechanism."""
+
+        if existing_vc_room and request.method != 'POST':
+            try:
+                self.refresh_room(existing_vc_room, event)
+            except VCRoomNotFoundError as exc:
+                raise UserValueError(unicode(exc))
+            except VCRoomError:
+                # maybe a temporary issue - we just keep going and fail when saving in
+                # case it's something more persistent
+                pass
+
         form = super(ZoomPlugin, self).create_form(
             event,
             existing_vc_room=existing_vc_room,