diff --git a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.js b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.js
index d0c2fba0325..98f9f6ea6dc 100755
--- a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.js
+++ b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.js
@@ -57,11 +57,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.on('Employee',{
 		frm.events.update_contact(frm)
 	},
 	update_contact:function(frm){
-		for(var i =0, j=frm.fields.length;i<j;i++){
-			if (frm.fields[i].df.label===frm.doc.prefered_contact_email){
-                frm.set_value("prefered_email",frm.fields[i].value)
-			}
-		}
+		frm.set_value("prefered_email",frm.fields_dict[frappe.model.scrub(frm.doc.prefered_contact_email)].value)
 	}
 });
 cur_frm.cscript = new erpnext.hr.EmployeeController({frm: cur_frm});