diff --git a/src/nm-default-route-manager.c b/src/nm-default-route-manager.c
index e7466ecbd3..9ac6d552c0 100644
--- a/src/nm-default-route-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-default-route-manager.c
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ nm_default_route_manager_class_init (NMDefaultRouteManagerClass *klass)
 
 	obj_properties[PROP_LOG_WITH_PTR] =
 	    g_param_spec_boolean (NM_DEFAULT_ROUTE_MANAGER_LOG_WITH_PTR, "", "",
-	                          FALSE,
+	                          TRUE,
 	                          G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
 	                          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
 	                          G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
diff --git a/src/nm-route-manager.c b/src/nm-route-manager.c
index 0b66cf275a..b58cdeb069 100644
--- a/src/nm-route-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-route-manager.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ nm_route_manager_class_init (NMRouteManagerClass *klass)
 
 	obj_properties[PROP_LOG_WITH_PTR] =
 	    g_param_spec_boolean (NM_ROUTE_MANAGER_LOG_WITH_PTR, "", "",
-	                          FALSE,
+	                          TRUE,
 	                          G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
 	                          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
 	                          G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index f54a27e002..334b94d411 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -4645,7 +4645,7 @@ nm_platform_class_init (NMPlatformClass *platform_class)
 	g_object_class_install_property
 	 (object_class, PROP_LOG_WITH_PTR,
 	     g_param_spec_boolean (NM_PLATFORM_LOG_WITH_PTR, "", "",
-	                           FALSE,
+	                           TRUE,
 	                           G_PARAM_WRITABLE |
 	                           G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY |
 	                           G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));