diff --git a/tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py b/tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py
index cfd75dbc48..694f5d5dd2 100644
--- a/tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py
+++ b/tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class GrubConfigFile(object):
         return self._default
     def _set_default(self, val):
         if val == "saved":
-            self._default = -1
+            self._default = 0
         else:
             self._default = int(val)