diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/export_preset.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/export_preset.h
index a952b1b76a..130adfd893 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/export_preset.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/export_preset.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Session;
 
 class LIBARDOUR_API ExportPreset {
   public:
-	ExportPreset (std::string filename, Session & s);
+	ExportPreset (Session&, std::string const& filename = "");
 	~ExportPreset ();
 
 	PBD::UUID const & id () const { return _id; }
diff --git a/libs/ardour/export_preset.cc b/libs/ardour/export_preset.cc
index ebc2b0004d..d12f9ad680 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/export_preset.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/export_preset.cc
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ARDOUR;
 
-ExportPreset::ExportPreset (string filename, Session & s) :
-  session (s), global (filename), local (0)
+ExportPreset::ExportPreset (Session& s, string const& filename)
+	: session (s)
+	, local (0)
 {
-	XMLNode * root;
-	std::string str;
+	if (filename.empty ()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	global.read (filename);
+
+	XMLNode* root;
 	if ((root = global.root())) {
+		std::string str;
 		if (root->get_property ("id", str)) {
 			set_id (str);
 		}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/export_profile_manager.cc b/libs/ardour/export_profile_manager.cc
index 3765ac6ccc..d53faa8828 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/export_profile_manager.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/export_profile_manager.cc
@@ -227,9 +227,8 @@ ExportProfileManager::preset_filename (std::string const& preset_name)
 ExportPresetPtr
 ExportProfileManager::new_preset (string const& name)
 {
-	// Generate new ID and do regular save
-	string filename = preset_filename (name);
-	current_preset.reset (new ExportPreset (filename, session));
+	// Generate new and do regular save
+	current_preset.reset (new ExportPreset (session));
 	preset_list.push_back (current_preset);
 	return save_preset (name);
 }
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ ExportProfileManager::save_preset (string const& name)
 	string filename = preset_filename (name);
 
 	if (!current_preset) {
-		current_preset.reset (new ExportPreset (filename, session));
+		current_preset.reset (new ExportPreset (session, filename));
 		preset_list.push_back (current_preset);
 	}
 
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ ExportProfileManager::remove_preset ()
 void
 ExportProfileManager::load_preset_from_disk (std::string const& path)
 {
-	ExportPresetPtr preset (new ExportPreset (path, session));
+	ExportPresetPtr preset (new ExportPreset (session, path));
 
 	/* Handle id to filename mapping and don't add duplicates to list */