diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition.java b/src/main/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition.java
index 79335335c..31cbcee55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition.java
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ public ParameterValue createValue(StaplerRequest req, JSONObject formData) {
   @Override
   public ParameterValue getDefaultParameterValue() {
     if (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.defaultValue)) {
+      if ( isInt(this.maxTags) && Integer.parseInt(this.maxTags) == 1 ){
+        return new ListSubversionTagsParameterValue(getName(), getTagsDir(), this.getTags().get(0));
+      }
       return null;
     }
     return new ListSubversionTagsParameterValue(getName(), getTagsDir(), this.defaultValue);
diff --git a/src/test/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinitionTest.java b/src/test/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinitionTest.java
index 45d102fc1..3498585ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinitionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinitionTest.java
@@ -60,4 +60,40 @@ public void handleDirEntry(SVNDirEntry dirEntry) throws SVNException {
             }
         });
     }
+
+    
+    /**
+     * Make sure we are giving the tag matched when default empty and maxTags is 1.
+     */
+    @Bug(14155)
+    public void testDefaultFromTags() throws Exception {
+        Proc p = runSvnServe(getClass().getResource("JENKINS-14155.zip"));
+        try {
+            ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition def = new ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition("FOO", "svn://localhost/tags/"
+			, "(.*)" // tagsFilter
+			, ""     // defaultValue => Needs to be empty
+			, "1"    // maxTags => Needs to set to one
+			, true   // reverseByDate, so we will get the most recent item
+			, false  
+			, null);
+            List<String> tags = def.getTags();
+            List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("d");
+            
+            if (!expected.equals(tags))  {
+                // retry. Maybe the svnserve just didn't start up correctly, yet
+                System.out.println("First attempt failed. Retrying.");
+                Thread.sleep(300L);
+                tags = def.getTags();
+                if (!expected.equals(tags))  {
+                    dumpRepositoryContents();
+                
+                    Assert.fail("Expected " + expected + ", but got " + tags);
+                }
+            }
+            
+        } finally {
+            p.kill();
+        }
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/JENKINS-14155.zip b/src/test/resources/hudson/scm/listtagsparameter/JENKINS-14155.zip
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