diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/ml/.opal_ignore b/ompi/mca/coll/ml/.opal_ignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_mca.c b/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_mca.c
index 46be88c370..7eeadc5010 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_mca.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_mca.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int mca_coll_ml_register_params(void)
     /* register openib component parameters */
 
     CHECK(reg_int("priority", NULL, "ML component priority"
-                  "(from 0(low) to 90 (high))", 27, &mca_coll_ml_component.ml_priority, 0));
+                  "(from 0(low) to 90 (high))", 0, &mca_coll_ml_component.ml_priority, 0));
 
     CHECK(reg_int("verbose", NULL, "Output some verbose ML information "
                   "(0 = no output, nonzero = output)", 0, &mca_coll_ml_component.verbose, 0));