diff --git a/bfdd/bfd.c b/bfdd/bfd.c
index 499e54603f..3cbb3691ec 100644
--- a/bfdd/bfd.c
+++ b/bfdd/bfd.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct bfd_profile *bfd_profile_lookup(const char *name)
 
 static void bfd_profile_set_default(struct bfd_profile *bp)
 {
-	bp->admin_shutdown = true;
+	bp->admin_shutdown = false;
 	bp->detection_multiplier = BFD_DEFDETECTMULT;
 	bp->echo_mode = false;
 	bp->passive = false;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void bfd_session_apply(struct bfd_session *bs)
 		bfd_set_passive_mode(bs, bs->peer_profile.passive);
 
 	/* Toggle 'no shutdown' if default value. */
-	if (bs->peer_profile.admin_shutdown)
+	if (bs->peer_profile.admin_shutdown == false)
 		bfd_set_shutdown(bs, bp->admin_shutdown);
 	else
 		bfd_set_shutdown(bs, bs->peer_profile.admin_shutdown);
diff --git a/bfdd/bfdd_cli.c b/bfdd/bfdd_cli.c
index 5072c76aac..206f6c7d0c 100644
--- a/bfdd/bfdd_cli.c
+++ b/bfdd/bfdd_cli.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void bfd_cli_show_shutdown(struct vty *vty, struct lyd_node *dnode,
 			   bool show_defaults)
 {
 	if (show_defaults)
-		vty_out(vty, "  shutdown\n");
+		vty_out(vty, "  no shutdown\n");
 	else
 		vty_out(vty, "  %sshutdown\n",
 			yang_dnode_get_bool(dnode, NULL) ? "" : "no ");
diff --git a/bfdd/bfdd_vty.c b/bfdd/bfdd_vty.c
index 53e23cf6c2..cb140f7b18 100644
--- a/bfdd/bfdd_vty.c
+++ b/bfdd/bfdd_vty.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int bfd_configure_peer(struct bfd_peer_cfg *bpc, bool mhop,
 	memset(bpc, 0, sizeof(*bpc));
 
 	/* Defaults */
-	bpc->bpc_shutdown = true;
+	bpc->bpc_shutdown = false;
 	bpc->bpc_detectmultiplier = BPC_DEF_DETECTMULTIPLIER;
 	bpc->bpc_recvinterval = BPC_DEF_RECEIVEINTERVAL;
 	bpc->bpc_txinterval = BPC_DEF_TRANSMITINTERVAL;
diff --git a/bfdd/ptm_adapter.c b/bfdd/ptm_adapter.c
index 0c70600f20..4135e5fb49 100644
--- a/bfdd/ptm_adapter.c
+++ b/bfdd/ptm_adapter.c
@@ -492,9 +492,6 @@ static void bfdd_dest_register(struct stream *msg, vrf_id_t vrf_id)
 					"ptm-add-dest: failed to create BFD session");
 			return;
 		}
-
-		/* Protocol created peers are 'no shutdown' by default. */
-		bs->peer_profile.admin_shutdown = false;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * BFD session was already created, we are just updating the
diff --git a/yang/frr-bfdd.yang b/yang/frr-bfdd.yang
index 5b434162d0..0f090a1b72 100644
--- a/yang/frr-bfdd.yang
+++ b/yang/frr-bfdd.yang
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ module frr-bfdd {
 
     leaf administrative-down {
       type boolean;
-      default true;
+      default false;
       description "Disables or enables the session administratively";
     }