diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 1f54fad8cd..4477d749ea 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -5393,7 +5393,7 @@ const NMPlatformLnkBridge nm_platform_lnk_bridge_default = {
 	.vlan_stats_enabled            = FALSE,
 	.group_fwd_mask                = 0,
 	.group_addr                    = NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT (NM_BRIDGE_GROUP_ADDRESS_DEF_BIN),
-	.mcast_snooping                = FALSE,
+	.mcast_snooping                = NM_BRIDGE_MULTICAST_SNOOPING_DEF,
 	.mcast_router                  = 1,
 	.mcast_query_use_ifaddr        = FALSE,
 	.mcast_querier                 = FALSE,