diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
index 9505d078ffef..201e8a3e8d82 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ QgsLegend::QgsLegend( QgsMapCanvas *canvas, QWidget * parent, const char *name )
     , mMapCanvas( canvas )
     , mMinimumIconSize( 20, 20 )
     , mChanging( false )
-    , mUpdateDrawingOrder( false )
+    , mUpdateDrawingOrder( true )
 {
   setObjectName( name );