diff --git a/frappe/email/doctype/email_group/email_group.py b/frappe/email/doctype/email_group/email_group.py
index d74570d0aa..ed4ab32fed 100755
--- a/frappe/email/doctype/email_group/email_group.py
+++ b/frappe/email/doctype/email_group/email_group.py
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ def add_subscribers(name, email_list):
 	count = 0
 	for email in email_list:
 		email = email.strip()
-		valid = validate_email_add(email, False)
+		parsed_email = validate_email_add(email, False)
 
-		if valid:
+		if parsed_email:
 			if not frappe.db.get_value("Email Group Member",
-				{"email_group": name, "email": email}):
+				{"email_group": name, "email": parsed_email}):
 				frappe.get_doc({
 					"doctype": "Email Group Member",
 					"email_group": name,
-					"email": email
+					"email": parsed_email
 				}).insert(ignore_permissions = frappe.flags.ignore_permissions)
 
 				count += 1
diff --git a/frappe/patches.txt b/frappe/patches.txt
index 564c73c002..8adf636701 100644
--- a/frappe/patches.txt
+++ b/frappe/patches.txt
@@ -187,4 +187,5 @@ frappe.patches.v8_0.update_gender_and_salutation
 execute:frappe.db.sql('update tabReport set module="Desk" where name="ToDo"')
 frappe.patches.v8_1.enable_allow_error_traceback_in_system_settings
 frappe.patches.v8_1.update_format_options_in_auto_email_report
-frappe.patches.v8_1.delete_custom_docperm_if_doctype_not_exists
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+frappe.patches.v8_1.delete_custom_docperm_if_doctype_not_exists
+frappe.patches.v8_5.delete_email_group_member_with_invalid_emails
diff --git a/frappe/patches/v8_5/__init__.py b/frappe/patches/v8_5/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/frappe/patches/v8_5/delete_email_group_member_with_invalid_emails.py b/frappe/patches/v8_5/delete_email_group_member_with_invalid_emails.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e74f1be4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/patches/v8_5/delete_email_group_member_with_invalid_emails.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017, Frappe and Contributors
+# License: GNU General Public License v3. See license.txt
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import frappe
+from frappe.utils import validate_email_add
+
+def execute():
+	''' update/delete the email group member with the wrong email '''
+
+	email_group_members = frappe.get_all("Email Group Member", fields=["name", "email"])
+	for member in email_group_members:
+		validated_email = validate_email_add(member.email)
+		if (validated_email==member.email):
+			pass
+		else:
+			try:
+				frappe.db.set_value("Email Group Member", member.name, "email", validated_email)
+			except Exception:
+				frappe.delete_doc(doctype="Email Group Member", name=member.name, force=1, ignore_permissions=True)
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