diff --git a/src/parser_yin.c b/src/parser_yin.c
index c01528e..5e79e76 100644
--- a/src/parser_yin.c
+++ b/src/parser_yin.c
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@
                 case YANG_CONTAINER:
                     break;
                 case YANG_DEFAULT:
+                    ret = yin_parse_simple_element(ctx, subelem_attrs, data, kw, (const char **)subelem_info_rec->dest,
+                                                   YIN_ARG_VALUE, Y_STR_ARG, exts);
                     break;
                 case YANG_DEVIATE:
                     break;