diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
index f2eb0016169..9eb7a59fcf5 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 SYSCTL_DECL(_net_inet6);
 SYSCTL_DECL(_net_inet6_ip6);
-VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, connect_in6addr_wild) = 1;
+VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, connect_in6addr_wild) = 0;
 #define	V_connect_in6addr_wild	VNET(connect_in6addr_wild)
 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, OID_AUTO, connect_in6addr_wild,
     CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(connect_in6addr_wild), 0,