diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
index b08b6aeff17..07d3274b335 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ public class CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     }
 
     public String getAlgorithm() {
-        return algorithm;
+        if (algorithm != null) {
+            return algorithm;
+        } else {
+            return GlobalLoadBalancerRule.Algorithm.RoundRobin.name();
+        }
     }
 
     public String getGslbMethod() {