OutputText value is not redisplayed when submitting a form with validation errors.

Hi!
I have a JSF page with an outputText that gets its value from a backing bean property.
The view has some inputText with validate required in order to assure they are not empty when the form is submitted.
When I submit the form with validation errors, it is redisplayed with the messages I set, but the outputText value gets empty.
I want the outputText to be redisplayed too, as happens with the inputText. Is this possible?
Thanks a lot.