diff --git a/modules/ml/src/svm.cpp b/modules/ml/src/svm.cpp
index 402de3f1df..0fd73a3891 100644
--- a/modules/ml/src/svm.cpp
+++ b/modules/ml/src/svm.cpp
@@ -1822,8 +1822,8 @@ public:
             }
         }
 
-        params = best_params;
         class_labels = class_labels0;
+        setParams(best_params);
         return do_train( samples, responses );
     }