diff --git a/examples/src/main/r/ml/fmClassifier.R b/examples/src/main/r/ml/fmClassifier.R
index 1e0cc81112bd8..1e5ff70d97349 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/r/ml/fmClassifier.R
+++ b/examples/src/main/r/ml/fmClassifier.R
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ head(predictions)
 
 # $example off:classification$
 
-sparkR.session.stop()
\ No newline at end of file
+sparkR.session.stop()
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/FMClassifierWrapper.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/FMClassifierWrapper.scala
index c5389b0d9507c..b43280185e7e9 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/FMClassifierWrapper.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/FMClassifierWrapper.scala
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ private[r] object FMClassifierWrapper
       .setStepSize(stepSize)
       .setTol(tol)
       .setSolver(solver)
-      .setFitIntercept(fitIntercept)
       .setFeaturesCol(rFormula.getFeaturesCol)
       .setLabelCol(rFormula.getLabelCol)
       .setPredictionCol(PREDICTED_LABEL_INDEX_COL)