diff -up evolution-3.28.5/src/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-merging.c.contacts-prefer-orig-value evolution-3.28.5/src/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-merging.c --- evolution-3.28.5/src/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-merging.c.contacts-prefer-orig-value 2018-07-30 15:37:05.000000000 +0200 +++ evolution-3.28.5/src/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-merging.c 2022-09-15 08:19:23.228037822 +0200 @@ -512,7 +512,12 @@ mergeit (EContactMergingLookup *lookup) G_CALLBACK (dropdown_changed), data); g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (dropdown), "eab-contact-merging::dropdown-data", data, g_free); - if (field == E_CONTACT_NICKNAME || field == E_CONTACT_GIVEN_NAME || field == E_CONTACT_FAMILY_NAME || field == E_CONTACT_FULL_NAME) + /* Only prefer the original value when it's filled */ + if (string1 && *string1 && ( + field == E_CONTACT_NICKNAME || + field == E_CONTACT_GIVEN_NAME || + field == E_CONTACT_FAMILY_NAME || + field == E_CONTACT_FULL_NAME)) gtk_combo_box_set_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (dropdown), 1); else gtk_combo_box_set_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (dropdown), 0);