diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildpropertiessettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildpropertiessettingspage.cpp
index 5055fb68875..9670c193ed7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildpropertiessettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildpropertiessettingspage.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 
     void apply() final
     {
-        BuildPropertiesSettings s;
+        BuildPropertiesSettings s = ProjectExplorerPlugin::buildPropertiesSettings();
         s.separateDebugInfo = TriState::fromVariant(m_separateDebugInfoComboBox.currentData());
         s.qmlDebugging = TriState::fromVariant(m_qmlDebuggingComboBox.currentData());
         s.qtQuickCompiler = TriState::fromVariant(m_qtQuickCompilerComboBox.currentData());