diff -urp includes/content.node_form.inc includes/content.node_form.inc
--- includes/content.node_form.inc	2008-10-04 16:14:21.000000000 +0300
+++ includes/content.node_form.inc	2008-11-16 12:45:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function content_field_form(&$form, &$fo
     $addition[$field_name] = array(
       '#access' => $access,
       '#type' => 'value',
-      '#value' => $node->$field_name,
+      '#value' => $field['widget']['default_value'],    
       );
     return $addition;
   }