diff --git a/src/lib/UserSetting/Setting/Language.php b/src/lib/UserSetting/Setting/Language.php
index 0bfa245..6290f93 100644
--- a/src/lib/UserSetting/Setting/Language.php
+++ b/src/lib/UserSetting/Setting/Language.php
@@ -72,13 +72,16 @@ public function getDisplayValue(string $storageValue): string
      */
     public function getDefaultValue(): string
     {
+        $defaultLocale = '';
         $preferredLocales = $this->userLanguagePreferenceProvider->getPreferredLocales();
 
         $list = $this->availableLocaleChoiceLoader->getChoiceList();
-        $commonLocales = array_intersect($list, $preferredLocales);
-        $locales = empty($commonLocales) ? $preferredLocales : $commonLocales;
+        $commonLocales = array_intersect($preferredLocales, $list);
+        if (!empty($commonLocales)) {
+            $defaultLocale = reset($commonLocales);
+        }
 
-        return reset($locales);
+        return $defaultLocale;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/lib/UserSetting/Setting/LanguageTest.php b/tests/lib/UserSetting/Setting/LanguageTest.php
index de313fb..0a39aa1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/UserSetting/Setting/LanguageTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/UserSetting/Setting/LanguageTest.php
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 
 final class LanguageTest extends TestCase
 {
-    /** @var \Ibexa\Core\MVC\Symfony\Locale\UserLanguagePreferenceProviderInterface|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
+    /** @var \Ibexa\Core\MVC\Symfony\Locale\UserLanguagePreferenceProviderInterface&\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
     private UserLanguagePreferenceProviderInterface $userLanguagePreferenceProvider;
 
-    /** @var \Ibexa\User\Form\ChoiceList\Loader\AvailableLocaleChoiceLoader|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
+    /** @var \Ibexa\User\Form\ChoiceList\Loader\AvailableLocaleChoiceLoader&\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
     private AvailableLocaleChoiceLoader $availableLocaleChoiceLoader;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public function testGetDefaultValue(
     public function providerForDefaultValue(): iterable
     {
         yield 'intersection' => [['en_GB', 'en'], ['en', 'de', 'el', 'en_US'], 'en'];
-        yield 'preferred_locales' => [['en_GB', 'en'], ['de', 'el', 'en_US'], 'en_GB'];
+        yield 'no available locale' => [['en_GB', 'en'], ['de', 'el', 'en_US'], ''];
+        yield 'user preferred language priority' => [['en_GB', 'en', 'de'], ['de', 'en', 'el'], 'en'];
     }
 }