diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
index dd79695db7f..e02bd2b1773 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       .fields-group.fields-row__column.fields-row__column-6
         = ff.input :default_privacy,
                    collection: Status.selectable_visibilities,
+                   selected: current_user.setting_default_privacy,
                    hint: false,
                    include_blank: false,
                    label_method: ->(visibility) { safe_join([I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}"), I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}_long")], ' - ') },