diff --git a/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_entity.inc b/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_entity.inc
index 1dbdb29..7c729bd 100644
--- a/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_entity.inc
+++ b/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_entity.inc
@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ abstract class SearchApiViewsHandlerFilterEntity extends SearchApiViewsHandlerFi
       $this->value = $this->value ? array($this->value) : array();
     }
 
-    // Set the correct default value in case the admin-set value is used (and a
-    // value is present). The value is used if the form is either not exposed,
-    // or the exposed form wasn't submitted yet (there is
-    if ($this->value && (empty($form_state['input']) || !empty($form_state['input']['live_preview']))) {
+    // Set the correct default value (if there is one set).
+    if ($this->value) {
       $form['value']['#default_value'] = $this->ids_to_strings($this->value);
     }
   }