diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_userdef.cc b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_userdef.cc
index a856410f2732a89c2d5c1a34c8f5ae66ce091d75..c33634ad03e3de59921a848300012d5c99c2d713 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_userdef.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_userdef.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void do_versions_theme(const UserDef *userdef, bTheme *btheme)
   }
 
   if (!USER_VERSION_ATLEAST(400, 35)) {
-    memcpy(btheme, &U_theme_default, sizeof(*btheme));
+    FROM_DEFAULT_V4_UCHAR(tui.wcol_list_item.item);
   }
 
   /**