diff --git a/octavia/api/v2/controllers/member.py b/octavia/api/v2/controllers/member.py
index a70ac4850f..bd73fc7f8f 100644
--- a/octavia/api/v2/controllers/member.py
+++ b/octavia/api/v2/controllers/member.py
@@ -206,6 +206,22 @@ class MemberController(base.BaseController):
 
         return db_member
 
+    def _set_default_on_none(self, member):
+        """Reset settings to their default values if None/null was passed in
+
+        A None/null value can be passed in to clear a value. PUT values
+        that were not provided by the user have a type of wtypes.UnsetType.
+        If the user is attempting to clear values, they should either
+        be set to None (for example in the name field) or they should be
+        reset to their default values.
+        This method is intended to handle those values that need to be set
+        back to a default value.
+        """
+        if member.backup is None:
+            member.backup = False
+        if member.weight is None:
+            member.weight = constants.DEFAULT_WEIGHT
+
     @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(member_types.MemberRootResponse,
                          wtypes.text, body=member_types.MemberRootPUT,
                          status_code=200)
@@ -225,6 +241,8 @@ class MemberController(base.BaseController):
 
         self._validate_pool_id(id, db_member.pool_id)
 
+        self._set_default_on_none(member)
+
         # Load the driver early as it also provides validation
         driver = driver_factory.get_driver(provider)
 
diff --git a/octavia/api/v2/types/member.py b/octavia/api/v2/types/member.py
index cb2159a541..246a892ab1 100644
--- a/octavia/api/v2/types/member.py
+++ b/octavia/api/v2/types/member.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class MemberPOST(BaseMemberType):
         minimum=constants.MIN_PORT_NUMBER, maximum=constants.MAX_PORT_NUMBER),
         mandatory=True)
     weight = wtypes.wsattr(wtypes.IntegerType(
-        minimum=constants.MIN_WEIGHT, maximum=constants.MAX_WEIGHT), default=1)
+        minimum=constants.MIN_WEIGHT, maximum=constants.MAX_WEIGHT),
+        default=constants.DEFAULT_WEIGHT)
     backup = wtypes.wsattr(bool, default=False)
     subnet_id = wtypes.wsattr(wtypes.UuidType())
     # TODO(johnsom) Remove after deprecation (R series)
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ class MemberSingleCreate(BaseMemberType):
         minimum=constants.MIN_PORT_NUMBER, maximum=constants.MAX_PORT_NUMBER),
         mandatory=True)
     weight = wtypes.wsattr(wtypes.IntegerType(
-        minimum=constants.MIN_WEIGHT, maximum=constants.MAX_WEIGHT), default=1)
+        minimum=constants.MIN_WEIGHT, maximum=constants.MAX_WEIGHT),
+        default=constants.DEFAULT_WEIGHT)
     backup = wtypes.wsattr(bool, default=False)
     subnet_id = wtypes.wsattr(wtypes.UuidType())
     monitor_port = wtypes.wsattr(wtypes.IntegerType(
diff --git a/octavia/common/constants.py b/octavia/common/constants.py
index 386d349166..9a87474f4e 100644
--- a/octavia/common/constants.py
+++ b/octavia/common/constants.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ MAX_PORT_NUMBER = 65535
 DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMIT = -1
 MIN_CONNECTION_LIMIT = -1
 
+DEFAULT_WEIGHT = 1
 MIN_WEIGHT = 0
 MAX_WEIGHT = 256
 
diff --git a/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_member.py b/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_member.py
index 596d3f4117..f66c261c61 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_member.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/functional/api/v2/test_member.py
@@ -1082,6 +1082,26 @@ class TestMember(base.BaseAPITest):
         self.assertIn('Provider \'bad_driver\' reports error: broken',
                       response.json.get('faultstring'))
 
+    def test_update_unset_defaults(self):
+        old_name = "name1"
+        api_member = self.create_member(
+            self.pool_with_listener_id, '192.0.2.1', 80,
+            name=old_name, backup=True, monitor_address='192.0.2.2',
+            monitor_port=8888, weight=10).get(self.root_tag)
+        self.set_lb_status(self.lb_id)
+        unset_params = {'name': None, 'backup': None, 'monitor_address': None,
+                        'monitor_port': None, 'weight': None}
+        member_path = self.member_path_listener.format(
+            member_id=api_member.get('id'))
+        response = self.put(member_path, self._build_body(unset_params))
+        response = response.json.get(self.root_tag)
+
+        self.assertFalse(response['backup'])
+        self.assertIsNone(response['monitor_address'])
+        self.assertIsNone(response['monitor_port'])
+        self.assertEqual('', response['name'])
+        self.assertEqual(constants.DEFAULT_WEIGHT, response['weight'])
+
     def test_delete(self):
         api_member = self.create_member(
             self.pool_with_listener_id, '192.0.2.1', 80).get(self.root_tag)