diff --git a/tmva/src/PDF.cxx b/tmva/src/PDF.cxx
index 3460db1a2f3ffa7367779937b16a62f43aa6de1c..cf1e815caad4c5801fed951a2069efb0900fddfa 100644
--- a/tmva/src/PDF.cxx
+++ b/tmva/src/PDF.cxx
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ TMVA::PDF::PDF( const TString& name,
    fMinNsmooth    (-1 ),
    fMaxNsmooth    (-1 ),
    fNSmoothHist   ( 0 ),
-   fInterpolMethod( PDF::kSpline0 ),
+   fInterpolMethod( PDF::kKDE ),
    fSpline        ( 0 ),
    fPDFHist       ( 0 ),
    fHist          ( 0 ),