diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ab69e597..b80928711 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fix SCP alert authentication and logging [#1264](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1264)
 - Set file mode creation mask for feed lock handling [#1265](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1265)
 - Ignore min_qod when getting single results by UUID [#1276](http://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1276)
+- Fix alternative options for radio type preferences when exporting a scan_config [#1278](http://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1278)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/gmp.c b/src/gmp.c
index 79adf4341..d4bb696ac 100644
--- a/src/gmp.c
+++ b/src/gmp.c
@@ -8674,13 +8674,6 @@ buffer_config_preference_xml (GString *buffer, iterator_t *prefs,
       char *pos = strchr (value, ';');
       if (pos) *pos = '\0';
       buffer_xml_append_printf (buffer, "<value>%s</value>", value);
-      while (pos)
-        {
-          char *pos2 = strchr (++pos, ';');
-          if (pos2) *pos2 = '\0';
-          buffer_xml_append_printf (buffer, "<alt>%s</alt>", pos);
-          pos = pos2;
-        }
     }
   else if (value
            && type
@@ -8698,6 +8691,13 @@ buffer_config_preference_xml (GString *buffer, iterator_t *prefs,
       char *pos = strchr (default_value, ';');
       if (pos) *pos = '\0';
       buffer_xml_append_printf (buffer, "<default>%s</default>", default_value);
+      while (pos)
+        {
+          char *pos2 = strchr (++pos, ';');
+          if (pos2) *pos2 = '\0';
+          buffer_xml_append_printf (buffer, "<alt>%s</alt>", pos);
+          pos = pos2;
+        }
     }
   else if (default_value
            && type