diff --git a/kcms/style/gtkpage.cpp b/kcms/style/gtkpage.cpp
index 134cc39e3..4f96836f2 100644
--- a/kcms/style/gtkpage.cpp
+++ b/kcms/style/gtkpage.cpp
@@ -100,5 +100,11 @@ void GtkPage::defaults()
 void GtkPage::load()
 {
     m_gtkThemesModel->load();
+    m_gtkThemesModel->setSelectedTheme(m_gtkConfigInterface.gtkTheme());
     Q_EMIT selectGtkThemeInCombobox(gtkThemeFromConfig());
 }
+
+bool GtkPage::isDefaults() const
+{
+    return m_gtkThemesModel->selectedTheme() == QLatin1String("Breeze");
+}
diff --git a/kcms/style/gtkpage.h b/kcms/style/gtkpage.h
index eda301a7c..efcdd7259 100644
--- a/kcms/style/gtkpage.h
+++ b/kcms/style/gtkpage.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void load();
     void save();
     void defaults();
+    bool isDefaults() const;
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     QString gtkThemeFromConfig();
diff --git a/kcms/style/kcmstyle.cpp b/kcms/style/kcmstyle.cpp
index 778bdc1b2..545a62192 100644
--- a/kcms/style/kcmstyle.cpp
+++ b/kcms/style/kcmstyle.cpp
@@ -87,19 +87,18 @@ KCMStyle::KCMStyle(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &data, const QVariantL
     connect(styleSettings(), &StyleSettings::iconsInMenusChanged, this, [this] {
         m_effectsDirty = true;
     });
+
+    m_gtkPage = new GtkPage(this);
+    connect(m_gtkPage, &GtkPage::gtkThemeSettingsChanged, this, [this]() {
+        settingsChanged();
+        setNeedsSave(true);
+    });
 }
 
 KCMStyle::~KCMStyle() = default;
 
-GtkPage *KCMStyle::gtkPage()
+GtkPage *KCMStyle::gtkPage() const
 {
-    if (!m_gtkPage) {
-        m_gtkPage = new GtkPage(this);
-        connect(m_gtkPage, &GtkPage::gtkThemeSettingsChanged, this, [this]() {
-            setNeedsSave(true);
-        });
-    }
-
     return m_gtkPage;
 }
 
@@ -249,9 +248,7 @@ void KCMStyle::load()
 {
     checkGtkConfigKdedModuleLoaded();
 
-    if (m_gtkPage) {
-        m_gtkPage->load();
-    }
+    m_gtkPage->load();
 
     ManagedConfigModule::load();
     m_model->load();
@@ -264,9 +261,7 @@ void KCMStyle::load()
 
 void KCMStyle::save()
 {
-    if (m_gtkPage) {
-        m_gtkPage->save();
-    }
+    m_gtkPage->save();
 
     // Check whether the new style can actually be loaded before saving it.
     // Otherwise apps will use the default style despite something else having been written to the config
@@ -320,9 +315,7 @@ void KCMStyle::save()
 
 void KCMStyle::defaults()
 {
-    if (m_gtkPage) {
-        m_gtkPage->defaults();
-    }
+    m_gtkPage->defaults();
 
     // TODO the old code had a fallback chain but do we actually support not having Breeze for Plasma?
     // defaultStyle() -> oxygen -> plastique -> windows -> platinum -> motif
@@ -341,4 +334,9 @@ void KCMStyle::loadSettingsToModel()
     setOtherToolBarStyle(static_cast<ToolBarStyle>(toolBarStyleEnum.keyToValue(qUtf8Printable(styleSettings()->toolButtonStyleOtherToolbars()))));
 }
 
+bool KCMStyle::isDefaults() const
+{
+    return m_gtkPage->isDefaults();
+}
+
 #include "kcmstyle.moc"
diff --git a/kcms/style/kcmstyle.h b/kcms/style/kcmstyle.h
index 723188d4a..05ed04071 100644
--- a/kcms/style/kcmstyle.h
+++ b/kcms/style/kcmstyle.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
     };
     Q_ENUM(ToolBarStyle)
 
-    GtkPage *gtkPage();
+    GtkPage *gtkPage() const;
 
     StylesModel *model() const;
 
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ public:
     void save() override;
     void defaults() override;
 
+    bool isDefaults() const override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void showErrorMessage(const QString &message);
     void styleReconfigured(const QString &styleName);