diff --git a/app/models/time_profile.rb b/app/models/time_profile.rb
index 6ddbc001a62..5fbd21d465b 100644
--- a/app/models/time_profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/time_profile.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ class TimeProfile < ApplicationRecord
   DEFAULT_TZ = "UTC".freeze
 
   serialize :profile
-  default_value_for :days,  ALL_DAYS
-  default_value_for :hours, ALL_HOURS
 
   has_many  :miq_reports
   has_many  :metric_rollups
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ def tz_or_default(default_tz = DEFAULT_TZ)
   end
 
   def days
-    profile[:days]
+    profile.fetch(:days, ALL_DAYS)
   end
 
   def days=(arr)
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ def days=(arr)
   end
 
   def hours
-    profile[:hours]
+    profile.fetch(:hours, ALL_HOURS)
   end
 
   def hours=(arr)