diff --git a/server/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts b/server/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
index 84cb3d51b..dc2f80aff 100644
--- a/server/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
+++ b/server/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ async function addLiveVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
 
     if (videoLive.saveReplay) {
       const replaySettings = new VideoLiveReplaySettingModel({
-        privacy: videoInfo.replaySettings.privacy
+        privacy: videoInfo.replaySettings.privacy || videoCreated.privacy
       })
       await replaySettings.save(sequelizeOptions)
 
diff --git a/server/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-live.ts b/server/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-live.ts
index 097da079d..74ebe51ff 100644
--- a/server/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-live.ts
+++ b/server/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-live.ts
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ const videoLiveAddValidator = getCommonVideoEditAttributes().concat([
       })
     }
 
-    if (body.saveReplay && !body.replaySettings?.privacy) {
-      cleanUpReqFiles(req)
-
-      return res.fail({
-        status: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-        message: 'Live replay is enabled but privacy replay setting is missing'
-      })
-    }
-
     const user = res.locals.oauth.token.User
     if (!await doesVideoChannelOfAccountExist(body.channelId, user, res)) return cleanUpReqFiles(req)