diff --git a/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/index.js b/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/index.js
index e9da90fcb..dff850ac6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class TypesDeChampEditor extends Component {
       type_champ: 'text',
       types_de_champ: [],
       private: props.isAnnotation,
-      drop_down_list_value: '--Premier élément du menu--\n',
       libelle: `${
         props.isAnnotation ? 'Nouvelle annotation' : 'Nouveau champ'
       } ${props.typeDeChampsTypes[0][0]}`
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/typeDeChampsReducer.js b/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/typeDeChampsReducer.js
index c3e52c6b7..5d27c8399 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/typeDeChampsReducer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/TypesDeChampEditor/typeDeChampsReducer.js
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ function updateTypeDeChamp(
   { typeDeChamp, field, value },
   done
 ) {
+  if (field == 'type_champ' && !typeDeChamp.drop_down_list_value) {
+    switch (value) {
+      case 'linked_drop_down_list':
+        typeDeChamp.drop_down_list_value =
+          '--Fromage--\nbleu de sassenage\npicodon\n--Dessert--\néclair\ntarte aux pommes\n';
+        break;
+      case 'drop_down_list':
+      case 'multiple_drop_down_list':
+        typeDeChamp.drop_down_list_value = '--Premier élément du menu--\n';
+    }
+  }
+
   typeDeChamp[field] = value;
 
   getUpdateHandler(typeDeChamp, state)(done);