diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index 7b0a767350..217d3d8ba3 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -3427,7 +3427,7 @@ switch_status_t config_sofia(sofia_config_t reload, char *profile_name)
 	}
 
 	mod_sofia_globals.auto_restart = SWITCH_TRUE;
-	mod_sofia_globals.reg_deny_binding_fetch_and_no_lookup = SWITCH_TRUE; /* handle backwards compatilibity - by default use new behavior */
+	mod_sofia_globals.reg_deny_binding_fetch_and_no_lookup = SWITCH_FALSE; /* handle backwards compatilibity - by default use new behavior */
 	mod_sofia_globals.rewrite_multicasted_fs_path = SWITCH_FALSE;
 
 	if ((settings = switch_xml_child(cfg, "global_settings"))) {