diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
index 8b8b92abc..868b1c8ca 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Common.Drivers {
             return ContentShape("Fields_Common_Text_Edit", GetDifferentiator(field, part),
                 () => {
                     var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<TextFieldSettings>();
-                    var text = part.IsNew() ? settings.DefaultValue : field.Value;
+                    var text = part.IsNew() && String.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Value) ? settings.DefaultValue : field.Value;
 
                     var viewModel = new TextFieldDriverViewModel {
                         Field = field,
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/BooleanFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/BooleanFieldDriver.cs
index 012009b37..116c3a013 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/BooleanFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/BooleanFieldDriver.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
         protected override DriverResult Editor(ContentPart part, BooleanField field, dynamic shapeHelper) {
             return ContentShape("Fields_Boolean_Edit", GetDifferentiator(field, part),
                 () => {
-                    if (part.IsNew()) {
+                    if (part.IsNew() && field.Value == null) {
                         var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<BooleanFieldSettings>();
                         field.Value = settings.DefaultValue;
                     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/DateTimeFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/DateTimeFieldDriver.cs
index 3fc41bd69..8fac42140 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/DateTimeFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/DateTimeFieldDriver.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
 
         protected override DriverResult Editor(ContentPart part, DateTimeField field, dynamic shapeHelper) {
             var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<DateTimeFieldSettings>();
-            var value = part.IsNew() ? settings.DefaultValue : field.DateTime;
+            var value = part.IsNew() && field.DateTime == default(DateTime) ? settings.DefaultValue : field.DateTime;
             var options = new DateLocalizationOptions();
 
             // Don't do any time zone conversion if field is semantically a date-only field, because that might mutate the date component.
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/EnumerationFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/EnumerationFieldDriver.cs
index 3f5f379f6..d452fd673 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/EnumerationFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/EnumerationFieldDriver.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
         protected override DriverResult Editor(ContentPart part, EnumerationField field, dynamic shapeHelper) {
             return ContentShape("Fields_Enumeration_Edit", GetDifferentiator(field, part),
                 () => {
-                    if (part.IsNew()) {
+                    if (part.IsNew() && String.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Value)) {
                         var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<EnumerationFieldSettings>();
                         if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.DefaultValue)) {
                             field.Value = settings.DefaultValue;
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/InputFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/InputFieldDriver.cs
index 1300df8c1..d835b43fe 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/InputFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/InputFieldDriver.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
         protected override DriverResult Editor(ContentPart part, InputField field, dynamic shapeHelper) {
             return ContentShape("Fields_Input_Edit", GetDifferentiator(field, part),
                 () => {
-                    if (part.IsNew()) {
+                    if (part.IsNew() && String.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Value)) {
                         var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<InputFieldSettings>();
                         field.Value = settings.DefaultValue;
                     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/LinkFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/LinkFieldDriver.cs
index 3fa307725..8b1a86d2e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/LinkFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/LinkFieldDriver.cs
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
                 () => {
                     if (part.IsNew()) {
                         var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<LinkFieldSettings>();
-                        field.Value = settings.DefaultValue;
-                        field.Text = settings.TextDefaultValue;
+                        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Value)) {
+                            field.Value = settings.DefaultValue;
+                        }
+                        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(field.Text)) {
+                            field.Text = settings.TextDefaultValue;
+                        }
                     }
                     return shapeHelper.EditorTemplate(TemplateName: TemplateName, Model: field, Prefix: GetPrefix(field, part));
                 });
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/NumericFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/NumericFieldDriver.cs
index 651d6ba8f..a1dfd46bc 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/NumericFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Fields/Drivers/NumericFieldDriver.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Fields.Drivers {
             return ContentShape("Fields_Numeric_Edit", GetDifferentiator(field, part),
                 () => {
                     var settings = field.PartFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<NumericFieldSettings>();
-                    var value = part.IsNew() ? settings.DefaultValue : Convert.ToString(field.Value, _cultureInfo.Value);
+                    var value = part.IsNew() && field.Value == null ? settings.DefaultValue : Convert.ToString(field.Value, _cultureInfo.Value);
 
                     var model = new NumericFieldViewModel {
                         Field = field,