diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPageRank.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPageRank.scala
index 8d092b6506d33aa74e4a17d8188ea8b64485cadf..bd7894f184c4cf92a4bfee5ef74e62dcdf99ccf1 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPageRank.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPageRank.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ object SparkPageRank {
     showWarning()
 
     val sparkConf = new SparkConf().setAppName("PageRank")
-    val iters = if (args.length > 0) args(1).toInt else 10
+    val iters = if (args.length > 1) args(1).toInt else 10
     val ctx = new SparkContext(sparkConf)
     val lines = ctx.textFile(args(0), 1)
     val links = lines.map{ s =>