diff --git a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
index 7d3de3cbefa3..182f5580126f 100644
--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
@@ -391,7 +391,11 @@ pref("browser.search.widget.inNavBar", false);
 
 // Enables display of the options for the user using a separate default search
 // engine in private browsing mode.
-pref("browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled", false);
+#ifdef EARLY_BETA_OR_EARLIER
+  pref("browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled", true);
+#else
+  pref("browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled", false);
+#endif
 
 pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 50);
 
diff --git a/browser/components/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_ext_urlbar.js b/browser/components/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_ext_urlbar.js
index bac2fc6394b2..70bde5c0abf3 100644
--- a/browser/components/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_ext_urlbar.js
+++ b/browser/components/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_ext_urlbar.js
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ add_task(async function startup() {
   Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.search.region", "US");
   Services.prefs.setBoolPref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
   Services.prefs.setIntPref("browser.search.addonLoadTimeout", 0);
+  Services.prefs.setBoolPref(
+    "browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled",
+    false
+  );
   await AddonTestUtils.promiseStartupManager();
 
   // Add a test engine and make it default so that when we do searches below,