diff --git a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/postinglistsearchcontext.cpp b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/postinglistsearchcontext.cpp
index ec5e4ea1da5b..88ddec8b7c46 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/postinglistsearchcontext.cpp
+++ b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/postinglistsearchcontext.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace search::attribute {
 
 using vespalib::btree::BTreeNode;
 
-bool PostingListSearchContext::_preserve_weight = false;
+bool PostingListSearchContext::_preserve_weight = true;
 
 PostingListSearchContext::
 PostingListSearchContext(const IEnumStoreDictionary& dictionary, bool has_btree_dictionary, uint32_t docIdLimit,