diff --git a/data/org.virt-manager.virt-manager.gschema.xml b/data/org.virt-manager.virt-manager.gschema.xml
index 8f4d57fb3..493b5baf5 100644
--- a/data/org.virt-manager.virt-manager.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/org.virt-manager.virt-manager.gschema.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
       <description>Whether or not the app will poll VM network i/o statistics</description>
     </key>
     <key name="enable-memory-poll" type="b">
-      <default>true</default>
+      <default>false</default>
       <summary>Poll memory stats</summary>
       <description>Whether or not the app will poll VM memory statistics</description>
     </key>