diff --git a/h2o-algos/src/main/java/hex/deeplearning/DeepLearningParameters.java b/h2o-algos/src/main/java/hex/deeplearning/DeepLearningParameters.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/h2o-algos/src/main/java/hex/deeplearning/DeepLearningParameters.java
+++ b/h2o-algos/src/main/java/hex/deeplearning/DeepLearningParameters.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 public class DeepLearningParameters extends Model.Parameters {
   public DeepLearningParameters() {
     super();
-    _stopping_rounds = 5; //more smoothing than default
+    _stopping_rounds = 0; //more smoothing than default
     _stopping_tolerance = 0; //expect strict improvement, it's noisy anyway
   }
PUBDEV-<I>: Turn off early convergence-based stopping for DL by default for now, until the client APIs support full control.