diff -r 9a6551eba09c -r c593fc9f5438 pidgin/gtkaccount.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkaccount.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
+++ b/pidgin/gtkaccount.c	Fri Mar 24 02:23:46 2017 +0300
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
 		{
 			case PURPLE_PREF_BOOLEAN:
 				if (account == NULL ||
-					strcmp(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
+					!purple_strequal(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
 						   dialog->protocol_id))
 				{
 					bool_value = purple_account_option_get_default_bool(option);
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
 
 			case PURPLE_PREF_INT:
 				if (account == NULL ||
-					strcmp(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
+					!purple_strequal(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
 						   dialog->protocol_id))
 				{
 					int_value = purple_account_option_get_default_int(option);
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
 
 			case PURPLE_PREF_STRING:
 				if (account == NULL ||
-					strcmp(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
+					!purple_strequal(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
 						   dialog->protocol_id))
 				{
 					str_value = purple_account_option_get_default_string(option);
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@
 				idx = 0;
 
 				if (account == NULL ||
-					strcmp(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
+					!purple_strequal(purple_account_get_protocol_id(account),
 						   dialog->protocol_id))
 				{
 					str_value = purple_account_option_get_default_list_value(option);