diff --git a/sway/desktop/output.c b/sway/desktop/output.c
index 409478a7c..1c209a396 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/output.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/output.c
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ static void output_manager_apply(struct sway_server *server,
 		oc->y = config_head->state.y;
 		oc->transform = config_head->state.transform;
 		oc->scale = config_head->state.scale;
+		oc->adaptive_sync = config_head->state.adaptive_sync_enabled;
 
 		if (test_only) {
 			ok &= test_output_config(oc, output);