diff --git a/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/EXPAND_HEAD b/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/EXPAND_HEAD
index 5c4ebf7fc34..0ca07ef7512 100644
--- a/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/EXPAND_HEAD
+++ b/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/EXPAND_HEAD
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1ea5dab0897a
+49d8622c5221
diff --git a/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/victoria/expand/49d8622c5221_propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true.py b/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/victoria/expand/49d8622c5221_propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad33ceda9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/victoria/expand/49d8622c5221_propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2020 OpenStack Foundation
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+#
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+"""propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true
+
+Revision ID: 49d8622c5221
+Revises: 1ea5dab0897a
+Create Date: 2020-07-31 15:27:29.425953
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '49d8622c5221'
+down_revision = '1ea5dab0897a'
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.alter_column('portuplinkstatuspropagation', 'propagate_uplink_status',
+                    existing_type=sa.Boolean(), existing_nullable=False,
+                    server_default=sa.sql.true())
diff --git a/neutron/db/models/uplink_status_propagation.py b/neutron/db/models/uplink_status_propagation.py
index 2825ffcec82..5ffe9b4b91b 100644
--- a/neutron/db/models/uplink_status_propagation.py
+++ b/neutron/db/models/uplink_status_propagation.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class PortUplinkStatusPropagation(model_base.BASEV2):
                         sa.ForeignKey('ports.id', ondelete="CASCADE"),
                         primary_key=True, index=True)
     propagate_uplink_status = sa.Column(sa.Boolean(), nullable=False,
-                                        server_default=sa.sql.false())
+                                        server_default=sa.sql.true())
     port = orm.relationship(
         models_v2.Port, load_on_pending=True,
         backref=orm.backref("propagate_uplink_status",
diff --git a/neutron/objects/port/extensions/uplink_status_propagation.py b/neutron/objects/port/extensions/uplink_status_propagation.py
index 5f6435c1d28..280ef042863 100644
--- a/neutron/objects/port/extensions/uplink_status_propagation.py
+++ b/neutron/objects/port/extensions/uplink_status_propagation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ from neutron.objects import base
 @base.NeutronObjectRegistry.register
 class PortUplinkStatusPropagation(base.NeutronDbObject):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
-    VERSION = "1.0"
+    # Version 1.1: Changed default value of "propagate_uplink_status" to True
+    VERSION = "1.1"
 
     db_model = db_models.PortUplinkStatusPropagation
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class PortUplinkStatusPropagation(base.NeutronDbObject):
 
     fields = {
         'port_id': common_types.UUIDField(),
-        'propagate_uplink_status': obj_fields.BooleanField(default=False),
+        'propagate_uplink_status': obj_fields.BooleanField(default=True),
     }
 
     foreign_keys = {'Port': {'port_id': 'id'}}
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
index 9e631af0c8d..021a1cacf2e 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ object_data = {
     'PortDNS': '1.1-c5ca2dc172bdd5fafee3fc986d1d7023',
     'PortForwarding': '1.2-f772f03b82a616603c7f3d4497bf577f',
     'PortSecurity': '1.0-b30802391a87945ee9c07582b4ff95e3',
-    'PortUplinkStatusPropagation': '1.0-3cfb3f7da716ca9687e4f04ca72b081d',
+    'PortUplinkStatusPropagation': '1.1-f0a4ca451a941910376c33616dea5de2',
     'ProviderResourceAssociation': '1.0-05ab2d5a3017e5ce9dd381328f285f34',
     'ProvisioningBlock': '1.0-c19d6d05bfa8143533471c1296066125',
     'QosBandwidthLimitRule': '1.3-51b662b12a8d1dfa89288d826c6d26d3',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true-644d8e4e3cb2d155.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true-644d8e4e3cb2d155.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bb6d8bd537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/propagate_uplink_status_defaults_to_true-644d8e4e3cb2d155.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    When ``uplink-status-propagation`` extension is enabled, new ports created
+    will default the value of ``propagate_uplink_status`` to True.