diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Drivers/ProjectionElementDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Drivers/ProjectionElementDriver.cs
index 04de048d1..d5d455290 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Drivers/ProjectionElementDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Drivers/ProjectionElementDriver.cs
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Drivers {
             var query = element.QueryId != null ? _contentManager.Get<QueryPart>(element.QueryId.Value) : default(QueryPart);
             var layout = query != null && element.LayoutId != null ? _layoutRepository.Get(element.LayoutId.Value) : default(LayoutRecord);
             var queryIdentity = query != null ? _contentManager.GetItemMetadata(query).Identity.ToString() : default(string);
-            var layoutIndex = layout != null ? query.Layouts.IndexOf(layout) : default(int?);
+            var layoutIndex = layout != null ? query.Layouts.IndexOf(layout) : -1; // -1 is the Default Layout.
 
-            if (queryIdentity != null && layoutIndex != null) {
+            if (queryIdentity != null) {
                 context.ExportableData["QueryId"] = queryIdentity;
-                context.ExportableData["LayoutIndex"] = layoutIndex.Value.ToString();
+                context.ExportableData["LayoutIndex"] = layoutIndex.ToString();
             }
         }