diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/UpdateCustomerAddress.php b/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/UpdateCustomerAddress.php
index 7bae40e4cc5de..833ab2e450280 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/UpdateCustomerAddress.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/UpdateCustomerAddress.php
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ private function updateCustomerAddress(int $customerId, int $addressId, array $a
     {
         $address = $this->getCustomerAddressForUser->execute($addressId, $customerId);
         $this->dataObjectHelper->populateWithArray($address, $addressData, AddressInterface::class);
+        if (isset($addressData['region']['region_id'])) {
+            $address->setRegionId($address->getRegion()->getRegionId());
+        }
+
         return $this->addressRepository->save($address);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/UpdateCustomerAddressTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/UpdateCustomerAddressTest.php
index 519fe2b1405a0..6a9708b4f86a2 100644
--- a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/UpdateCustomerAddressTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/UpdateCustomerAddressTest.php
@@ -218,13 +218,12 @@ private function assertCustomerAddressesFields(AddressInterface $address, $actua
         ];
         $this->assertResponseFields($actualResponse, $assertionMap);
         $this->assertTrue(is_array([$actualResponse['region']]), "region field must be of an array type.");
-        // https://github.com/magento/graphql-ce/issues/270
-//        $assertionRegionMap = [
-//            ['response_field' => 'region', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegion()],
-//            ['response_field' => 'region_code', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegionCode()],
-//            ['response_field' => 'region_id', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegionId()]
-//        ];
-//        $this->assertResponseFields($actualResponse['region'], $assertionRegionMap);
+        $assertionRegionMap = [
+            ['response_field' => 'region', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegion()],
+            ['response_field' => 'region_code', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegionCode()],
+            ['response_field' => 'region_id', 'expected_value' => $address->getRegion()->getRegionId()]
+        ];
+        $this->assertResponseFields($actualResponse['region'], $assertionRegionMap);
     }
 
     /**