--- a/psgxs.js
+++ b/psgxs.js
@@ -884,20 +884,30 @@ function onIq(stanza) {
 					return makeError(response, errors.forbidden.n);
 
 				var e = false;
+				var tags2 = [];
 				for (i in subscriptions.tags) {
-					var jid = subscriptions.tags[i].getAttribute('jid');
-					var subscription = subscriptions.tags[i].getAttribute('subscription');
+					var tag = subscriptions.tags[i];
+					var jid = tag.getAttribute('jid');
+					var sub = tag.getAttribute('subscription');
+
+					if (sub == 'none' || sub == 'pending' || sub == 'subscribed' || sub == 'unconfigured') {
+						var set = storage.subscribe(nodeID, jid, sub);
 
-					var set = storage.subscribe(nodeID, jid, subscription);
-					if (typeof set == 'number')
+						if (typeof set == 'number') {
+							e = true;
+							tags2.push(tag);
+						} else {
+							// SECTION 8.8.4
+							sendNotifs(jid, 'subscription', nodeID, {jid: jid, subscription: sub});
+						}
+					} else {
 						e = true;
-					else {
-						// SECTION 8.8.4
-						sendNotifs(jid, 'subscription', nodeID, {jid: jid, subscription: subscription});
-						subscriptions.tags.splice(i, 1);
+						tags2.push(tag);
 					}
 				}
 
+				subscriptions.tags = tags2;
+
 				if (e)
 					return makeError(response, errors.owner.manage_subscriptions.modify.multiple_simultaneous_modifications.n, pubsub);