diff --git a/h2o-py/tests/testdir_algos/glm/pyunit_benign_glm.py b/h2o-py/tests/testdir_algos/glm/pyunit_benign_glm.py
index d1ae565b4aa3..f18aadf54225 100644
--- a/h2o-py/tests/testdir_algos/glm/pyunit_benign_glm.py
+++ b/h2o-py/tests/testdir_algos/glm/pyunit_benign_glm.py
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 
 def test_benign():
     training_data = h2o.import_file(pyunit_utils.locate("smalldata/logreg/benign.csv"))
-
+    training_data[3] = training_data[3].asfactor()
     Y = 3
     X = [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
 
-    model = H2OGeneralizedLinearEstimator(family="binomial", alpha=0, Lambda=1e-5)
     model = H2OGeneralizedLinearEstimator(family="binomial", alpha=0, lambda_=1e-5)
     model.train(x=X, y=Y, training_frame=training_data)