diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfilesettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfilesettingspage.cpp
index f9e83e4719b..9e2e119c97e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfilesettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfilesettingspage.cpp
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void CppFileSettingsForProject::loadSettings()
     if (!entry.isValid())
         return;
 
-    const QVariantMap data = entry.toMap();
+    const QVariantMap data = mapEntryFromStoreEntry(entry).toMap();
     m_useGlobalSettings = data.value(useGlobalKeyC, true).toBool();
     m_customSettings.headerPrefixes = data.value(headerPrefixesKeyC,
                                                  m_customSettings.headerPrefixes).toStringList();
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ CppFileSettingsForProjectWidget::CppFileSettingsForProjectWidget(
     const CppFileSettingsForProject &settings) : d(new Private(settings))
 {
     setGlobalSettingsId(Constants::CPP_FILE_SETTINGS_ID);
+    setUseGlobalSettings(settings.useGlobalSettings());
+
     const auto layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
     layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->addWidget(&d->widget);