diff --git a/src/flag-definitions.h b/src/flag-definitions.h
index 28174231ff..9018a0242d 100644
--- a/src/flag-definitions.h
+++ b/src/flag-definitions.h
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ DEFINE_BOOL(use_idle_notification, true,
 DEFINE_BOOL(use_ic, true, "use inline caching")
 DEFINE_BOOL(trace_ic, false, "trace inline cache state transitions")
 DEFINE_BOOL(vector_stores, false, "use vectors for store ics")
-DEFINE_BOOL(global_var_shortcuts, false, "use ic-less global loads and stores")
+DEFINE_BOOL(global_var_shortcuts, true, "use ic-less global loads and stores")
 
 // macro-assembler-ia32.cc
 DEFINE_BOOL(native_code_counters, false,