diff --git a/js/tbl_change.js b/js/tbl_change.js
index 896700bb6..8fc7eca33 100644
--- a/js/tbl_change.js
+++ b/js/tbl_change.js
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     if ($this_element.is('.textfield')) {
                         // do not remove the 'value' attribute for ENUM columns
                         if ($this_element.closest('tr').find('span.column_type').html() != 'enum') {
-                            $this_element.attr('value', '');
+                            $this_element.attr('value', $this_element.closest('tr').find('span.default_value').html());
                         }
                         $this_element
                         .unbind('change')
diff --git a/tbl_change.php b/tbl_change.php
index 1b6a2b69d..22584db43 100644
--- a/tbl_change.php
+++ b/tbl_change.php
@@ -694,6 +694,9 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
         // HTML attribute
 
         echo '        <td>' . "\n";
+        // Will be used by js/tbl_change.js to set the default value
+        // for the "Continue insertion" feature
+        echo '<span class="default_value hide">' . $special_chars . '</span>';
         if ($foreignData['foreign_link'] == true) {
             echo $backup_field . "\n";
             ?>