diff --git a/src/Controllers/Table/ReplaceController.php b/src/Controllers/Table/ReplaceController.php
index 59cbfc9e32..fad1c80af4 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/Table/ReplaceController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/Table/ReplaceController.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ final class ReplaceController implements InvocableController
         $valueSets = [];
 
         $mimeMap = $this->transformations->getMime(Current::$database, Current::$table) ?? [];
+        $columnsDefaultValues = $this->insertEdit->getColumnDefaultValues(Current::$database, Current::$table);
 
         $queryFields = [];
         $insertErrors = [];
@@ -211,7 +212,12 @@ final class ReplaceController implements InvocableController
 
                 if (! isset($multiEditVirtual[$key])) {
                     if ($isInsert) {
-                        $queryPart = $this->insertEdit->getQueryValueForInsert($editField, $usingKey, $whereClause);
+                        if ($editField->value === $columnsDefaultValues[$columnName]) {
+                            $queryPart = $editField->value;
+                        } else {
+                            $queryPart = $this->insertEdit->getQueryValueForInsert($editField, $usingKey, $whereClause);
+                        }
+
                         if ($queryPart !== '' && $valueSets === []) {
                             // first inserted row so prepare the list of fields
                             $queryFields[] = Util::backquote($editField->columnName);
diff --git a/src/InsertEdit.php b/src/InsertEdit.php
index 2521186029..d1c69836d5 100644
--- a/src/InsertEdit.php
+++ b/src/InsertEdit.php
@@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@ class InsertEdit
 
     /**
      * Get value part if a function was specified
+     *
+     * @psalm-return non-empty-string
      */
     private function formatAsSqlFunction(
         EditField $editField,
@@ -1931,6 +1933,16 @@ class InsertEdit
             . '<div class="clearfloat"></div>';
     }
 
+    /** @return array<string|null> */
+    public function getColumnDefaultValues(string $database, string $table): array
+    {
+        $sql = 'SELECT COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = '
+            . $this->dbi->quoteString($table)
+            . ' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = ' . $this->dbi->quoteString($database);
+
+        return $this->dbi->query($sql)->fetchAllKeyPair();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns list of function names that accept WKB as text
      *
diff --git a/tests/unit/Controllers/Table/ReplaceControllerTest.php b/tests/unit/Controllers/Table/ReplaceControllerTest.php
index fc2191c912..75aa1dcb00 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Controllers/Table/ReplaceControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Controllers/Table/ReplaceControllerTest.php
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ class ReplaceControllerTest extends AbstractTestCase
         $GLOBALS['goto'] = 'index.php?route=/sql';
         $dummyDbi->addSelectDb('my_db');
         $dummyDbi->addSelectDb('my_db');
+        $dummyDbi->addResult(
+            'SELECT COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS '
+                . "WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'test_tbl' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'my_db'",
+            [],
+        );
         $replaceController($request);
         $output = $response->getHTMLResult();
         $this->dummyDbi->assertAllSelectsConsumed();