diff --git a/R/svm_linear_data.R b/R/svm_linear_data.R
index ed2d6da95..36543bdae 100644
--- a/R/svm_linear_data.R
+++ b/R/svm_linear_data.R
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ set_fit(
     data = c(formula = "x", data = "data"),
     protect = c("x", "data"),
     func = c(pkg = "kernlab", fun = "ksvm"),
-    defaults = list(kernel = "vanilladot")
+    defaults = list(kernel = "vanilladot", kpar = list())
   )
 )
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ set_fit(
     data = c(formula = "x", data = "data"),
     protect = c("x", "data"),
     func = c(pkg = "kernlab", fun = "ksvm"),
-    defaults = list(kernel = "vanilladot")
+    defaults = list(kernel = "vanilladot", kpar = list())
   )
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate.md
index 0517a3341..7c3678510 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate.md
@@ -1966,6 +1966,9 @@
       $kernel
       [1] "vanilladot"
       
+      $kpar
+      list()
+      
 
 ---
 
@@ -1986,6 +1989,9 @@
       $kernel
       [1] "vanilladot"
       
+      $kpar
+      list()
+      
 
 # arguments (svm_poly)