Index: xfconf/xfconf-binding.c
===================================================================
--- xfconf/xfconf-binding.c	(revision 28345)
+++ xfconf/xfconf-binding.c	(working copy)
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@
     gchar buf[1024];
     GSList *bindings;
     GValue value = { 0, };
+    GParamSpec *pspec;
 
     binding = g_slice_new0(XfconfGBinding);
     binding->channel = channel;
@@ -316,6 +317,13 @@
         xfconf_g_binding_channel_property_changed(channel, xfconf_property,
                                                   &value, binding);
         g_value_unset(&value);
+    } else {
+        pspec = g_object_class_find_property(G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(object), object_property);
+        g_value_init(&value, G_PARAM_SPEC_VALUE_TYPE(pspec));
+        g_object_get_property(G_OBJECT(object), object_property, &value);
+        if (!g_param_value_defaults(pspec, &value))
+          xfconf_channel_set_property(channel, xfconf_property, &value);
+        g_value_unset(&value);
     }
 
     return binding;