diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/regression/RidgeRegression.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/regression/RidgeRegression.scala
index 8838ca8c14718..309f9af466457 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/regression/RidgeRegression.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/regression/RidgeRegression.scala
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ object RidgeRegressionWithSGD {
       numIterations: Int,
       stepSize: Double,
       regParam: Double): RidgeRegressionModel = {
-    train(input, numIterations, stepSize, regParam, 0.01)
+    train(input, numIterations, stepSize, regParam, 1.0)
   }
 
   /**