diff --git a/sc/CppunitTest_sc_uicalc2.mk b/sc/CppunitTest_sc_uicalc2.mk
index 647d4ec7abed..fbc467622f40 100644
--- a/sc/CppunitTest_sc_uicalc2.mk
+++ b/sc/CppunitTest_sc_uicalc2.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_libraries,sc_uicalc2, \
     comphelper \
     cppu \
     cppuhelper \
+    editeng \
     i18nlangtag \
     sal \
     sc \
diff --git a/sc/qa/unit/uicalc/uicalc2.cxx b/sc/qa/unit/uicalc/uicalc2.cxx
index 1eaeb5cac4e3..9be6d83840bb 100644
--- a/sc/qa/unit/uicalc/uicalc2.cxx
+++ b/sc/qa/unit/uicalc/uicalc2.cxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "../helper/qahelper.hxx"
+#include <editeng/brushitem.hxx>
 #include <LibreOfficeKit/LibreOfficeKitEnums.h>
 #include <svx/svdpage.hxx>
 #include <vcl/keycodes.hxx>
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@
 #include <inputopt.hxx>
 #include <postit.hxx>
 #include <rangeutl.hxx>
+#include <scitems.hxx>
 #include <scmod.hxx>
 #include <tabvwsh.hxx>
+#include <undomanager.hxx>
 #include <viewdata.hxx>
 
 using namespace ::com::sun::star;
@@ -1489,6 +1492,83 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(ScUiCalcTest2, testTdf156174)
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!pDBs->empty());
 }
 
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(ScUiCalcTest2, testTdf154044)
+{
+    createScDoc();
+    ScDocument* pDoc = getScDoc();
+
+    auto getBackColor = [pDoc](SCCOL c) {
+        const ScPatternAttr* pattern = pDoc->GetPattern(c, 0, 0);
+        const SvxBrushItem& brush = pattern->GetItemSet().Get(ATTR_BACKGROUND);
+        return brush.GetColor();
+    };
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(INITIALCOLCOUNT, pDoc->GetAllocatedColumnsCount(0));
+    for (SCCOL i = 0; i <= pDoc->MaxCol(); ++i)
+    {
+        OString msg = "i=" + OString::number(i);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(msg.getStr(), COL_AUTO, getBackColor(i));
+    }
+
+    // Set the background color of A1:CV1
+    auto aColorArg(
+        comphelper::InitPropertySequence({ { "BackgroundColor", uno::Any(COL_LIGHTBLUE) } }));
+    goToCell("A1:CV1");
+    dispatchCommand(mxComponent, ".uno:BackgroundColor", aColorArg);
+
+    // Partial row range allocates necessary columns
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(SCCOL(100), pDoc->GetAllocatedColumnsCount(0));
+
+    // Check that settings are applied
+    for (SCCOL i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
+    {
+        OString msg = "i=" + OString::number(i);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(msg.getStr(), COL_LIGHTBLUE, getBackColor(i));
+    }
+
+    // Undo
+    SfxUndoManager* pUndoMgr = pDoc->GetUndoManager();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pUndoMgr);
+    pUndoMgr->Undo();
+
+    // Check that all the cells have restored the setting
+    for (SCCOL i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
+    {
+        OString msg = "i=" + OString::number(i);
+        // Without the fix in place, this would fail with
+        // - Expected: rgba[ffffff00]
+        // - Actual  : rgba[0000ffff]
+        // - i=1
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(msg.getStr(), COL_AUTO, getBackColor(i));
+    }
+
+    // Also check the whole row selection case - it is handled specially: columns are not allocated.
+    // See commit 3db91487e57277f75d64d95d06d4ddcc29f1c4e0 (set properly attributes for cells in
+    // unallocated Calc columns, 2022-03-04).
+    goToCell("A1:" + pDoc->MaxColAsString() + "1");
+    dispatchCommand(mxComponent, ".uno:BackgroundColor", aColorArg);
+
+    // Check that settings are applied
+    for (SCCOL i = 0; i <= pDoc->MaxCol(); ++i)
+    {
+        OString msg = "i=" + OString::number(i);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(msg.getStr(), COL_LIGHTBLUE, getBackColor(i));
+    }
+
+    // Undo
+    pUndoMgr->Undo();
+
+    // No additional columns have been allocated for whole-row range
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(SCCOL(100), pDoc->GetAllocatedColumnsCount(0));
+
+    // Check that all the cells have restored the setting
+    for (SCCOL i = 0; i <= pDoc->MaxCol(); ++i)
+    {
+        OString msg = "i=" + OString::number(i);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(msg.getStr(), COL_AUTO, getBackColor(i));
+    }
+}
+
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
 
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/sc/source/core/data/table2.cxx b/sc/source/core/data/table2.cxx
index ed8db48982b6..ec7f96731ac6 100644
--- a/sc/source/core/data/table2.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/core/data/table2.cxx
@@ -1319,6 +1319,13 @@ void ScTable::CopyToTable(
     const bool bToUndoDoc = pDestTab->rDocument.IsUndo();
     const bool bFromUndoDoc = rDocument.IsUndo();
 
+    if (bToUndoDoc && (nFlags & InsertDeleteFlags::ATTRIB) && nCol2 >= aCol.size())
+    {
+        // tdf#154044: Copy also the default column data
+        aDefaultColData.AttrArray().CopyArea(nRow1, nRow2, 0,
+                                             pDestTab->aDefaultColData.AttrArray());
+    }
+
     if ((bToUndoDoc || bFromUndoDoc) && (nFlags & InsertDeleteFlags::CONTENTS) && mpRangeName)
     {
         // Copying formulas may create sheet-local named expressions on the
@@ -1344,6 +1351,16 @@ void ScTable::CopyToTable(
         for (SCCOL i = nCol1; i <= ClampToAllocatedColumns(nCol2); i++)
             aCol[i].CopyToColumn(rCxt, nRow1, nRow2, bToUndoDoc ? nFlags : nTempFlags, bMarked,
                                  pDestTab->CreateColumnIfNotExists(i), pMarkData, bAsLink, bGlobalNamesToLocal);
+        // tdf#154044: Restore from the default column data
+        if (bFromUndoDoc && (nFlags & InsertDeleteFlags::ATTRIB) && nCol2 >= aCol.size())
+        {
+            aDefaultColData.AttrArray().CopyArea(nRow1, nRow2, 0,
+                                                 pDestTab->aDefaultColData.AttrArray());
+            SCCOL nMaxSetDefault = pDestTab->ClampToAllocatedColumns(nCol2);
+            for (SCCOL i = aCol.size(); i <= nMaxSetDefault; i++)
+                aDefaultColData.AttrArray().CopyArea(nRow1, nRow2, 0,
+                                                     pDestTab->aCol[i].AttrArray());
+        }
     }
 
     if (!bColRowFlags)      // Column widths/Row heights/Flags