diff --git a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
index 738ccfeb3..75b14fca3 100644
--- a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
+++ b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private List<Func<TokenOperations, IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord>>> violationFind
         [ConfigurableRuleProperty(defaultValue: true)]
         public bool CheckSeparator { get; protected set; }
 
-        [ConfigurableRuleProperty(defaultValue: true)]
+        [ConfigurableRuleProperty(defaultValue: false)]
         public bool CheckParameter { get; protected set; }
 
         public override void ConfigureRule(IDictionary<string, object> paramValueMap)