diff --git a/samples/c/tree_engine.cpp b/samples/c/tree_engine.cpp
index 48ba10ee35..5c255e9c23 100644
--- a/samples/c/tree_engine.cpp
+++ b/samples/c/tree_engine.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         print_result( rtrees.calc_error( &data, CV_TRAIN_ERROR), rtrees.calc_error( &data, CV_TEST_ERROR ), rtrees.get_var_importance() );
 
         printf("======ERTREES=====\n");
-        ertrees.train( &data, CvRTParams( 10, 2, 0, false, 16, 0, true, 0, 100, 0, CV_TERMCRIT_ITER ));
+        ertrees.train( &data, CvRTParams( 18, 2, 0, false, 16, 0, true, 0, 100, 0, CV_TERMCRIT_ITER ));
         print_result( ertrees.calc_error( &data, CV_TRAIN_ERROR), ertrees.calc_error( &data, CV_TEST_ERROR ), ertrees.get_var_importance() );
 
         printf("======GBTREES=====\n");