diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_get.c b/apps/backend/backend_get.c
index 55c74162..179ebf56 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_get.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_get.c
@@ -853,6 +853,9 @@ get_common(clicon_handle        h,
 		/* Remove default configuration nodes from XML */
 		if (xml_tree_prune_flags(xret, XML_FLAG_DEFAULT, XML_FLAG_MARK|XML_FLAG_DEFAULT) < 0)
 		  goto done;
+		/* Restore marked nodes */
+		if (xml_apply(xret, CX_ELMNT, (xml_applyfn_t*)xml_flag_reset, (void*)XML_FLAG_MARK) < 0)
+		    goto done;
 	     }
 	     else if (strcmp(with_defaults, "report-all") == 0) {
 	       /* Accept mode, do nothing */
@@ -864,7 +867,7 @@ get_common(clicon_handle        h,
 		    goto done;
 		}
 		cprintf(cbmsg, "with-defaults retrieval mode \"%s\" is not supported", with_defaults);
-		if (netconf_operation_failed(cbret, "application", cbuf_get(cbmsg)) < 0)
+		if (netconf_operation_not_supported(cbret, "application", cbuf_get(cbmsg)) < 0)
 		    goto done;
 		goto ok;
 	     }
diff --git a/test/test_yang_with_defaults.sh b/test/test_yang_with_defaults.sh
index 4896f21a..fbb94bef 100755
--- a/test/test_yang_with_defaults.sh
+++ b/test/test_yang_with_defaults.sh
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" \
 "<rpc $DEFAULTNS><get><filter type=\"subtree\"><interfaces $EXAMPLENS/></filter>\
 <with-defaults xmlns=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-with-defaults\">trim</with-defaults></get></rpc>" \
 "" \
-"<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><rpc-error><error-type>application</error-type><error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>\
+"<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><rpc-error><error-type>application</error-type><error-tag>operation-not-supported</error-tag>\
 <error-severity>error</error-severity>\
 <error-message>with-defaults retrieval mode \"trim\" is not supported</error-message></rpc-error></rpc-reply>"
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" \
 "<rpc $DEFAULTNS><get><filter type=\"subtree\"><interfaces $EXAMPLENS/></filter>\
 <with-defaults xmlns=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-with-defaults\">report-all-tagged</with-defaults></get></rpc>" \
 "" \
-"<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><rpc-error><error-type>application</error-type><error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>\
+"<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><rpc-error><error-type>application</error-type><error-tag>operation-not-supported</error-tag>\
 <error-severity>error</error-severity>\
 <error-message>with-defaults retrieval mode \"report-all-tagged\" is not supported</error-message></rpc-error></rpc-reply>"