diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 0f5b74ef2..9d335d766 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44636 - Fix formula parsing of RefVPtg, which was causing #VALUE to be shown on subsequent edits</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44627 - Improve the thread safety of POILogFactory</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">30311 - Initial support for Conditional Formatting</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44609 - Handle leading spaces in formulas, such as '= 4'</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 5884c0df4..d29d57ff8 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44636 - Fix formula parsing of RefVPtg, which was causing #VALUE to be shown on subsequent edits</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44627 - Improve the thread safety of POILogFactory</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">30311 - Initial support for Conditional Formatting</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44609 - Handle leading spaces in formulas, such as '= 4'</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/RefVPtg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/RefVPtg.java
index 8a6b2c03b..75c634890 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/RefVPtg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/RefVPtg.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public final class RefVPtg extends ReferencePtg {
 
   public RefVPtg(int row, int column, boolean isRowRelative, boolean isColumnRelative) {
     super(row, column, isRowRelative, isColumnRelative);
+    setClass(CLASS_VALUE);
   }