diff --git a/gio/gpowerprofilemonitordbus.c b/gio/gpowerprofilemonitordbus.c
index 8bbfe3acc..cbd9f4aaa 100644
--- a/gio/gpowerprofilemonitordbus.c
+++ b/gio/gpowerprofilemonitordbus.c
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ ppd_proxy_cb (GObject      *source_object,
     }
 
   active_profile_variant = g_dbus_proxy_get_cached_property (proxy, "ActiveProfile");
-  if (g_variant_is_of_type (active_profile_variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))
+  if (active_profile_variant != NULL &&
+      g_variant_is_of_type (active_profile_variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))
     {
       active_profile = g_variant_get_string (active_profile_variant, NULL);
       power_saver_enabled = g_strcmp0 (active_profile, "power-saver") == 0;
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ ppd_proxy_cb (GObject      *source_object,
           g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (dbus), "power-saver-enabled");
         }
     }
+  g_clear_pointer (&active_profile_variant, g_variant_unref);
 
   dbus->signal_id = g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (proxy), "g-properties-changed",
                                       G_CALLBACK (ppd_properties_changed_cb), dbus);
diff --git a/gio/gpowerprofilemonitorportal.c b/gio/gpowerprofilemonitorportal.c
index bb1b4fd15..6bc251fd5 100644
--- a/gio/gpowerprofilemonitorportal.c
+++ b/gio/gpowerprofilemonitorportal.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ g_power_profile_monitor_portal_initable_init (GInitable     *initable,
   GPowerProfileMonitorPortal *ppm = G_POWER_PROFILE_MONITOR_PORTAL (initable);
   GDBusProxy *proxy;
   gchar *name_owner;
+  GVariant *power_saver_enabled_v = NULL;
 
   if (!glib_should_use_portal ())
     {
@@ -143,6 +144,12 @@ g_power_profile_monitor_portal_initable_init (GInitable     *initable,
   ppm->signal_id = g_signal_connect (proxy, "g-properties-changed",
                                      G_CALLBACK (proxy_properties_changed), ppm);
 
+  power_saver_enabled_v = g_dbus_proxy_get_cached_property (proxy, "power-saver-enabled");
+  if (power_saver_enabled_v != NULL &&
+      g_variant_is_of_type (power_saver_enabled_v, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN))
+    ppm->power_saver_enabled = g_variant_get_boolean (power_saver_enabled_v);
+  g_clear_pointer (&power_saver_enabled_v, g_variant_unref);
+
   ppm->proxy = g_steal_pointer (&proxy);
 
   return TRUE;
diff --git a/gio/tests/power-profile-monitor-portal.py.in b/gio/tests/power-profile-monitor-portal.py.in
index 960a62232..09e9a450d 100755
--- a/gio/tests/power-profile-monitor-portal.py.in
+++ b/gio/tests/power-profile-monitor-portal.py.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ try:
     import dbusmock
     from gi.repository import GLib
     from gi.repository import Gio
+    from gi.repository import GObject
 
     dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
 
@@ -65,12 +66,16 @@ try:
             try:
                 self.xdp = subprocess.Popen([XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_PATH])
             except FileNotFoundError:
+                self.p_mock.terminate()
+                self.p_mock.wait()
                 raise unittest.SkipTest("xdg-desktop-portal not available")
 
             try:
                 self.wait_for_bus_object('org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop',
                                         '/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop')
             except:
+                self.p_mock.terminate()
+                self.p_mock.wait()
                 raise
             # subprocess.Popen(['gdbus', 'monitor', '--session', '--dest', 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop'])
 
@@ -116,6 +121,17 @@ try:
             self.dbus_props.Set('net.hadess.PowerProfiles', 'ActiveProfile', dbus.String('balanced', variant_level=1))
             self.assertEventually(lambda: self.power_saver_enabled == False, "power-saver didn't become disabled", 10)
 
+        def test_power_profile_power_saver_enabled_portal_default(self):
+            '''power-saver-enabled property default value'''
+
+            self.dbus_props.Set('net.hadess.PowerProfiles', 'ActiveProfile', dbus.String('power-saver', variant_level=1))
+
+            # Create a new power profile monitor and check its property value is
+            # correct by default.
+            new_power_profile_monitor = GObject.new(GObject.type_from_name('GPowerProfileMonitorPortal'))
+            new_power_profile_monitor.init()
+            self.assertTrue(new_power_profile_monitor.get_power_saver_enabled())
+
 except ImportError as e:
     @unittest.skip("Cannot import %s" % e.name)
     class TestPowerProfileMonitorPortal(unittest.TestCase):