diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
index f34ce4a6aa5..5630a10ec9c 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
       = f.input :time_zone,
                 collection: ActiveSupport::TimeZone.all.map { |tz| ["(GMT#{tz.formatted_offset}) #{tz.name}", tz.tzinfo.name] },
                 hint: false,
+                selected: current_user.time_zone || Time.zone.tzinfo.name,
                 wrapper: :with_label
 
   .fields-group