diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 61bb3d3413..565bf07f47 100755
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -1331,6 +1331,7 @@ static int leave_voicemail(struct ast_channel *chan, char *ext, int silent, int
 	}
 
 	if ((vmu = find_user(&svm, context, ext))) {
+		populate_defaults(vmu);	
 		/* Setup pre-file if appropriate */
 		if (strcmp(vmu->context, "default"))
 			snprintf(ext_context, sizeof(ext_context), "%s@%s", ext, vmu->context);
@@ -1372,7 +1373,7 @@ static int leave_voicemail(struct ast_channel *chan, char *ext, int silent, int
 			strncat(ecodes, "*", sizeof(ecodes) -  strlen(ecodes) - 1);
 			ausemacro = 1;
 		}
-
+		
 		/* Play the beginning intro if desired */
 		if (!ast_strlen_zero(prefile)) {
 			if (ast_fileexists(prefile, NULL, NULL) > 0) {