diff --git a/spring-security-oauth2/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/provider/token/RemoteTokenServices.java b/spring-security-oauth2/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/provider/token/RemoteTokenServices.java
index 4c1439e9d..b2b059fdf 100644
--- a/spring-security-oauth2/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/provider/token/RemoteTokenServices.java
+++ b/spring-security-oauth2/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/provider/token/RemoteTokenServices.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class RemoteTokenServices implements ResourceServerTokenServices {
 
 	private String clientSecret;
 
-    private String tokenName;
+    private String tokenName = "token";
 
 	private AccessTokenConverter tokenConverter = new DefaultAccessTokenConverter();