diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/infiniteeditors/propertysettings/propertysettings.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/infiniteeditors/propertysettings/propertysettings.controller.js
index 1366eb10e4..7239fd22e7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/infiniteeditors/propertysettings/propertysettings.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/infiniteeditors/propertysettings/propertysettings.controller.js
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
                 vm.showSensitiveData = user.userGroups.indexOf("sensitiveData") != -1;
             });
 
-            //make the default the same as the content type
-            if (!$scope.model.property.id) {
+            //make the default the same as the content type            
+            if (!$scope.model.property.dataTypeId) {
                 $scope.model.property.allowCultureVariant = $scope.model.contentTypeAllowCultureVariant;
             }