Gnome bottom panel appears at top when "expand" is unchecked after re-login

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

When I unckeck the "expand" button for the default bottom panel. Log out and log in again; The panel which should (still) be appearing at the bottom of the screen, places itself just under the top panel. This behaviour was also found in the 'previous' version (Breezy).

Steps to reproduce:
- Create a new "desktop" user
- Log in to Gnome with newly created account
- Right-click bottom panel "Properties"
- Uncheck the "Expand" button
- Hit "Close" button
- Log out of session
- Log back in to Gnome again with same account (new one)

>> Now the bottom panel places itself just under the top panel

Note: When you try to set the orientation back to "Bottom" for the (previous) Bottom-panel, It refuses that and 'automagically' reverts back to "Top". Except when first checked the "Expand" button, it allows to set the orientation back to "Bottom".