diff --git a/themes/default/contact-form.tpl b/themes/default/contact-form.tpl
index ad1185cd0..682989d7f 100644
--- a/themes/default/contact-form.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/contact-form.tpl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 				<select id="id_contact" name="id_contact" onchange="showElemFromSelect('id_contact', 'desc_contact')">
 					<option value="0">{l s='-- Choose --'}</option>
 				{foreach from=$contacts item=contact}
-					<option value="{$contact.id_contact|intval}" {if isset($smarty.post.id_contact) && $smarty.post.id_contact == $contact.id_contact}selected="selected"{/if}>{$contact.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</option>
+					<option value="{$contact.id_contact|intval}" {if isset($smarty.request.id_contact) && $smarty.request.id_contact == $contact.id_contact}selected="selected"{/if}>{$contact.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</option>
 				{/foreach}
 				</select>
 			</p>