diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AllView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AllView.java
index f425e7e8d7be965c6222f653a90a9019ea7aacaa..effc739673f8348dc0e9ca4cf54ee6a9b8d1293a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AllView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AllView.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import hudson.model.Descriptor.FormException;
+
 /**
  * {@link View} that contains everything.
  *
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ public class AllView extends View {
         // noop
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void submit(StaplerRequest req) throws IOException, ServletException, FormException {
+        // noop
+    }
+
     public ViewDescriptor getDescriptor() {
         return DESCRIPTOR;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
index 7b528849b22b4ae1eb457054e96ec59159808b1a..86f83cee6897d552b2d639bd865aa05faed9a6d1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
@@ -97,27 +97,23 @@ public class ListView extends View {
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void onJobRenamed(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
-        jobNames.remove(oldName);
-        if(newName!=null)
+        if(jobNames.remove(oldName) && newName!=null)
             jobNames.add(newName);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Accepts submission from the configuration page.
+     * Handles the configuration submission.
+     *
+     * Load view-specific properties here.
      */
-    public synchronized void doConfigSubmit( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
-        checkPermission(CONFIGURE);
-
-        req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
-        
+    @Override
+    protected void submit(StaplerRequest req) {
         jobNames.clear();
         for (TopLevelItem item : Hudson.getInstance().getItems()) {
             if(req.getParameter(item.getName())!=null)
                 jobNames.add(item.getName());
         }
 
-        description = Util.nullify(req.getParameter("description"));
-        
         if (req.getParameter("useincluderegex") != null) {
             includeRegex = Util.nullify(req.getParameter("includeRegex"));
             includePattern = Pattern.compile(includeRegex);
@@ -125,17 +121,6 @@ public class ListView extends View {
             includeRegex = null;
             includePattern = null;
         }
-
-        try {
-            rename(req.getParameter("name"));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            sendError(e, req, rsp);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        owner.save();
-
-        rsp.sendRedirect2("../"+name);
     }
 
     public ViewDescriptor getDescriptor() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
index 9afab9c5847e5ae3d4f2c45981fbaae0aab02cfe..555653347660ecbb12dc4b970cd4d61a16fe9f54 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
+import hudson.model.Descriptor.FormException;
 
 /**
  * {@link View} that only contains projects for which the current user has access to.
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ public class MyView extends View {
         // noop
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void submit(StaplerRequest req) throws IOException, ServletException, FormException {
+        // noop
+    }
+
     public ViewDescriptor getDescriptor() {
         return DESCRIPTOR;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
index 01b8934093e77096f7206218bcf0986478928af6..d3c3256851bb6fa34714b948c4a0ce244dd58900 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package hudson.model;
 
 import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
 import hudson.Util;
+import hudson.model.Descriptor.FormException;
 import hudson.scm.ChangeLogSet.Entry;
 import hudson.search.CollectionSearchIndex;
 import hudson.search.SearchIndexBuilder;
@@ -404,6 +405,43 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
         rsp.sendRedirect(".");  // go to the top page
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Accepts submission from the configuration page.
+     *
+     * Subtypes should override the {@link #submit()} method.
+     */
+    public final synchronized void doConfigSubmit( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        try {
+            checkPermission(CONFIGURE);
+
+            req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+
+            submit(req);
+
+            description = Util.nullify(req.getParameter("description"));
+
+            try {
+                rename(req.getParameter("name"));
+            } catch (ParseException e) {
+                sendError(e, req, rsp);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            owner.save();
+
+            rsp.sendRedirect2("../"+name);
+        } catch (FormException e) {
+            sendError(e,req,rsp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles the configuration submission.
+     *
+     * Load view-specific properties here.
+     */
+    protected abstract void submit(StaplerRequest req) throws IOException, ServletException, FormException;
+
     /**
      * Deletes this view.
      */