diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicHostConfig.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicHostConfig.java
index bba095b..3d19003 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicHostConfig.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/basics/BasicHostConfig.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     }
 
     public EthType outerTpid() {
-        short tpid = (short) (Integer.decode(get(OUTER_TPID, "0")) & 0xFFFF);
+        short tpid = (short) (Integer.decode(get(OUTER_TPID, "0x8100")) & 0xFFFF);
         if (!(tpid == EthType.EtherType.VLAN.ethType().toShort() ||
                 tpid == EthType.EtherType.QINQ.ethType().toShort())) {
             return EthType.EtherType.UNKNOWN.ethType();