diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/html.formmail.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/html.formmail.class.php
index 855ce1ed7ad..d19269ffd5f 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/html.formmail.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/html.formmail.class.php
@@ -455,9 +455,11 @@ class FormMail extends Form
 			// Zone to select email template
 			if (count($modelmail_array) > 0)
 			{
+				$model_mail_selected_id = GETPOSTISSET('modelmailselected') ? GETPOST('modelmailselected', 'int') : $arraydefaultmessage->id;
+
 				// If list of template is filled
 				$out .= '<div class="center" style="padding: 0px 0 12px 0">'."\n";
-				$out .= '<span class="opacitymedium">'.$langs->trans('SelectMailModel').':</span> '.$this->selectarray('modelmailselected', $modelmail_array, 0, 1, 0, 0, '', 0, 0, 0, '', 'minwidth100');
+				$out .= '<span class="opacitymedium">'.$langs->trans('SelectMailModel').':</span> '.$this->selectarray('modelmailselected', $modelmail_array, $model_mail_selected_id, 1, 0, 0, '', 0, 0, 0, '', 'minwidth100');
 				if ($user->admin) $out .= info_admin($langs->trans("YouCanChangeValuesForThisListFrom", $langs->transnoentitiesnoconv('Setup').' - '.$langs->transnoentitiesnoconv('EMails')), 1);
 				$out .= ' &nbsp; ';
 				$out .= '<input class="button" type="submit" value="'.$langs->trans('Apply').'" name="modelselected" id="modelselected">';