diff --git a/workflow/engine/templates/users/users.js b/workflow/engine/templates/users/users.js
index db0c4fc15..1065e4a9f 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/templates/users/users.js
+++ b/workflow/engine/templates/users/users.js
@@ -287,10 +287,11 @@ Ext.onReady(function () {
     fieldLabel    : _("ID_REPLACED_BY"),
     hiddenName    : "USR_REPLACED_BY",
     id            : "USR_REPLACED_BY",
+    readOnly      : readMode,
     store         : storeReplacedBy,
     valueField    : "USR_UID",
     displayField  : "USER_FULLNAME",
-    emptyText     : TRANSLATIONS.ID_SELECT,
+    emptyText     : (readMode)? ' ': TRANSLATIONS.ID_SELECT,
     width         : 180,
     selectOnFocus : true,
     editable      : false,