diff --git a/Civi/DataProcessor/FilterHandler/AbstractFilterHandler.php b/Civi/DataProcessor/FilterHandler/AbstractFilterHandler.php
index 41bc7d3f87c7405cdaf28ee670bbd6caa8304c8f..27867bc7ddbe957e4ed632da64ab13b36a29be41 100644
--- a/Civi/DataProcessor/FilterHandler/AbstractFilterHandler.php
+++ b/Civi/DataProcessor/FilterHandler/AbstractFilterHandler.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFilterHandler {
     $this->doInitialization();
 
     if (!empty($this->defaultFilterValues)) {
-      $this->setFilter($this->defaultFilterValues);
+      $this->applyFilterFromSubmittedFilterParams($this->defaultFilterValues);
     }
     $this->is_initialized = true;
   }
@@ -572,4 +572,4 @@ abstract class AbstractFilterHandler {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}