diff --git a/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py b/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
index 952031351..be874e125 100644
--- a/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
+++ b/fairscale/nn/data_parallel/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def __init__(
         module: nn.Module,
         process_group: Optional[ProcessGroup] = None,
         # The type for the process_group_reduce_scatter only can be either ProcessGroup or ProcessGroupName
-        process_group_reduce_scatter: Any = ProcessGroupName.reduce_scatter,
+        process_group_reduce_scatter: Any = ProcessGroupName.default,
         reshard_after_forward: bool = True,
         disable_reshard_on_root: bool = True,
         mixed_precision: bool = False,