diff --git a/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py b/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
index 570a414cc350c1fb2c7249cbfb425d6a043c9afc..2b47c402674ad718624145e6807a20e8de77b684 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/ml/classification.py
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@ class LogisticRegression(JavaEstimator, HasFeaturesCol, HasLabelCol, HasPredicti
 
     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 70e0c6de4a7bd41f5e79a09393549b44f469919d..7152036e385d2cbc4b27d6f2fcc78cbfcdba4876 100755
--- a/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/ml/tests.py
@@ -808,6 +808,18 @@ class PersistenceTest(SparkSessionTestCase):
         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