diff --git a/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java b/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
index b760168..8998a99 100644
--- a/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
+++ b/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
             label = "Frequency (in seconds) for polling flow statistics")
     private int flowPollFrequency = DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY;
 
-    private static final boolean DEFAULT_ADAPTIVE_FLOW_SAMPLING = true;
+    private static final boolean DEFAULT_ADAPTIVE_FLOW_SAMPLING = false;
     @Property(name = "adaptiveFlowSampling", boolValue = DEFAULT_ADAPTIVE_FLOW_SAMPLING,
             label = "Adaptive Flow Sampling is on or off")
     private boolean adaptiveFlowSampling = DEFAULT_ADAPTIVE_FLOW_SAMPLING;