diff --git a/modules/actions/change_preset.js b/modules/actions/change_preset.js
index d39a62836..1a193b878 100644
--- a/modules/actions/change_preset.js
+++ b/modules/actions/change_preset.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-export function actionChangePreset(entityID, oldPreset, newPreset) {
+export function actionChangePreset(entityID, oldPreset, newPreset, skipFieldDefaults) {
     return function action(graph) {
         var entity = graph.entity(entityID);
         var geometry = entity.geometry(graph);
         var tags = entity.tags;
 
         if (oldPreset) tags = oldPreset.unsetTags(tags, geometry);
-        if (newPreset) tags = newPreset.setTags(tags, geometry);
+        if (newPreset) tags = newPreset.setTags(tags, geometry, skipFieldDefaults);
 
         return graph.replace(entity.update({tags: tags}));
     };
diff --git a/modules/presets/preset.js b/modules/presets/preset.js
index 0778813a8..121483873 100644
--- a/modules/presets/preset.js
+++ b/modules/presets/preset.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function presetPreset(id, preset, fields, visible, rawPresets) {
 
 
     preset.addTags = preset.addTags || preset.tags || {};
-    preset.setTags = function(tags, geometry) {
+    preset.setTags = function(tags, geometry, skipFieldDefaults) {
         var addTags = preset.addTags;
         var k;
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export function presetPreset(id, preset, fields, visible, rawPresets) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (geometry) {
+        if (geometry && !skipFieldDefaults) {
             for (var f in preset.fields) {
                 var field = preset.fields[f];
                 if (field.matchGeometry(geometry) && field.key && !tags[field.key] && field.default) {
diff --git a/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js b/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
index 43805b741..bf2d66f53 100644
--- a/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
+++ b/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function validationOutdatedTags() {
                             function(graph) {
                                 if (replacementPreset) {
                                     var oldPreset = context.presets().match(graph.entity(entityID), context.graph());
-                                    graph = actionChangePreset(entityID, oldPreset, replacementPreset)(graph);
+                                    graph = actionChangePreset(entityID, oldPreset, replacementPreset, true /* skip field defaults */)(graph);
                                     deprecatedTagsArray = graph.entity(entityID).deprecatedTags();
                                 }
                                 deprecatedTagsArray.forEach(function(deprecatedTags) {