diff --git a/main/features_config.c b/main/features_config.c
index ac4a1fec0df75566c33beb63a053f39286d450f9..fee113862386f25b5949d5a7b8f571d7f23e0af7 100644
--- a/main/features_config.c
+++ b/main/features_config.c
@@ -1709,10 +1709,16 @@ static int load_config(void)
 			"", featuregroup_handler, 0);
 
 	if (aco_process_config(&cfg_info, 0) == ACO_PROCESS_ERROR) {
-		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to process features.conf configuration!\n");
-		aco_info_destroy(&cfg_info);
-		ao2_global_obj_release(globals);
-		return -1;
+		RAII_VAR(struct features_config *, features_cfg, __features_config_alloc(0), ao2_cleanup);
+
+		if (aco_set_defaults(&global_option, "general", features_cfg->global) ||
+			aco_set_defaults(&featuremap_option, "featuremap", features_cfg->featuremap)) {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to load features.conf and failed to initialize defaults.\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Could not load features config; using defaults\n");
+		ao2_global_obj_replace(globals, features_cfg);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/main/udptl.c b/main/udptl.c
index d5d77388d6a3896eec9a1a29d666340f73107064..25a4cc02c688ac2ceb937c4cc5a4e26e338d6e3a 100644
--- a/main/udptl.c
+++ b/main/udptl.c
@@ -1458,14 +1458,17 @@ static int removed_options_handler(const struct aco_option *opt, struct ast_vari
 
 static void __ast_udptl_reload(int reload)
 {
-	RAII_VAR(struct udptl_config *, udptl_cfg, udptl_snapshot_alloc(), ao2_cleanup);
-
 	if (aco_process_config(&cfg_info, reload) == ACO_PROCESS_ERROR) {
 		if (!reload) {
-			if (!aco_set_defaults(&general_option, "general", udptl_cfg->general)) {
-				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Could not load udptl config; using defaults\n");
-				ao2_global_obj_replace(globals, udptl_cfg);
+			RAII_VAR(struct udptl_config *, udptl_cfg, udptl_snapshot_alloc(), ao2_cleanup);
+
+			if (aco_set_defaults(&general_option, "general", udptl_cfg->general)) {
+				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to load udptl.conf and failed to initialize defaults.\n");
+				return;
 			}
+
+			ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Could not load udptl config; using defaults\n");
+			ao2_global_obj_replace(globals, udptl_cfg);
 		}
 	}
 }