diff --git a/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_ActorRead.cxx b/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_ActorRead.cxx
index 0fb9a2eb7a..deddf54571 100644
--- a/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_ActorRead.cxx
+++ b/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_ActorRead.cxx
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Handle(Transfer_Binder)  STEPControl_ActorRead::Transfer
     }
   }
   // [END] Get version of preprocessor (to detect I-Deas case) (ssv; 23.11.2010)
-  Standard_Boolean aTrsfUse = (Interface_Static::IVal("read.step.root.transformation") == 0);
+  Standard_Boolean aTrsfUse = (Interface_Static::IVal("read.step.root.transformation") == 1);
   return TransferShape(start, TP, Standard_True, aTrsfUse, theProgress);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_Controller.cxx b/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_Controller.cxx
index 2bdd45e2b8..1e611de35f 100644
--- a/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_Controller.cxx
+++ b/src/STEPControl/STEPControl_Controller.cxx
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ STEPControl_Controller::STEPControl_Controller ()
     // Issues #29068 and #31491.
     Interface_Static::Init("step", "read.step.root.transformation", 'e', "");
     Interface_Static::Init("step", "read.step.root.transformation", '&', "enum 0");
-    Interface_Static::Init("step", "read.step.root.transformation", '&', "eval ON");
     Interface_Static::Init("step", "read.step.root.transformation", '&', "eval OFF");
+    Interface_Static::Init("step", "read.step.root.transformation", '&', "eval ON");
     Interface_Static::SetCVal("read.step.root.transformation", "ON");
 
     // STEP file encoding for names translation