diff --git a/source/blender/editors/mesh/editmesh_bevel.c b/source/blender/editors/mesh/editmesh_bevel.c
index 70997762909..dda21b39264 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/mesh/editmesh_bevel.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/mesh/editmesh_bevel.c
@@ -502,6 +502,6 @@ void MESH_OT_bevel(wmOperatorType *ot)
 	RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "vertex_only", false, "Vertex Only", "Bevel only vertices");
 	RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "clamp_overlap", false, "Clamp Overlap",
 	                "Do not allow beveled edges/vertices to overlap each other");
-	RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "loop_slide", false, "Loop Slide", "Prefer slide along edge to even widths");
+	RNA_def_boolean(ot->srna, "loop_slide", true, "Loop Slide", "Prefer slide along edge to even widths");
 	RNA_def_int(ot->srna, "material", -1, -1, INT_MAX, "Material", "Material for bevel faces (-1 means use adjacent faces)", -1, 100);
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_modifier_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_modifier_types.h
index 8319dc3a874..322df66c7fc 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_modifier_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_modifier_types.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ enum {
 /*	MOD_BEVEL_EVEN          = (1 << 11), */
 /*	MOD_BEVEL_DIST          = (1 << 12), */  /* same as above */
 	MOD_BEVEL_OVERLAP_OK    = (1 << 13),
-	MOD_BEVEL_LOOP_SLIDE    = (1 << 14),
+	MOD_BEVEL_EVEN_WIDTHS   = (1 << 14),
 };
 
 /* BevelModifierData->val_flags (not used as flags any more) */
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_modifier.c b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_modifier.c
index 7bbf975ac85..affaef3aa7b 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_modifier.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_modifier.c
@@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ static void rna_def_modifier_bevel(BlenderRNA *brna)
 	RNA_def_property_update(prop, 0, "rna_Modifier_update");
 
 	prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "loop_slide", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
-	RNA_def_property_boolean_sdna(prop, NULL, "flags", MOD_BEVEL_LOOP_SLIDE);
+	RNA_def_property_boolean_negative_sdna(prop, NULL, "flags", MOD_BEVEL_EVEN_WIDTHS);
 	RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Loop Slide", "Prefer sliding along edges to having even widths");
 	RNA_def_property_update(prop, 0, "rna_Modifier_update");
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_bevel.c b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_bevel.c
index 63e4b15d52e..5874029ae08 100644
--- a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_bevel.c
+++ b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_bevel.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static DerivedMesh *applyModifier(ModifierData *md, struct Object *ob,
 	const bool do_clamp = !(bmd->flags & MOD_BEVEL_OVERLAP_OK);
 	const int offset_type = bmd->val_flags;
 	const int mat = CLAMPIS(bmd->mat, -1, ob->totcol - 1);
-	const bool loop_slide = (bmd->flags & MOD_BEVEL_LOOP_SLIDE) != 0;
+	const bool loop_slide = (bmd->flags & MOD_BEVEL_EVEN_WIDTHS) == 0;
 
 	bm = DM_to_bmesh(dm, true);
 	if ((bmd->lim_flags & MOD_BEVEL_VGROUP) && bmd->defgrp_name[0])