diff --git a/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py b/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
index a9756ea4af99a..dcc12d93e979f 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
@@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ def getThresholds(self):
 
     def _checkThresholdConsistency(self):
         if self.isSet(self.threshold) and self.isSet(self.thresholds):
-            ts = self.getParam(self.thresholds)
+            ts = self.getOrDefault(self.thresholds)
             if len(ts) != 2:
                 raise ValueError("Logistic Regression getThreshold only applies to" +
                                  " binary classification, but thresholds has length != 2." +
-                                 " thresholds: " + ",".join(ts))
+                                 " thresholds: {0}".format(str(ts)))
             t = 1.0/(1.0 + ts[0]/ts[1])
-            t2 = self.getParam(self.threshold)
+            t2 = self.getOrDefault(self.threshold)
             if abs(t2 - t) >= 1E-5:
                 raise ValueError("Logistic Regression getThreshold found inconsistent values for" +
                                  " threshold (%g) and thresholds (equivalent to %g)" % (t2, t))
diff --git a/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py b/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py
index 571ac4bc1c366..51a3e8efe8b48 100755
--- a/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py
@@ -807,6 +807,18 @@ def test_logistic_regression(self):
         except OSError:
             pass
 
+    def logistic_regression_check_thresholds(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            LogisticRegression(threshold=0.5, thresholds=[0.5, 0.5]),
+            LogisticRegressionModel
+        )
+
+        self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+            ValueError,
+            "Logistic Regression getThreshold found inconsistent.*$",
+            LogisticRegression, threshold=0.42, thresholds=[0.5, 0.5]
+        )
+
     def _compare_params(self, m1, m2, param):
         """
         Compare 2 ML Params instances for the given param, and assert both have the same param value