diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/xgboost/loss_functions/sse_loss.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/xgboost/loss_functions/sse_loss.hpp
index fc4f941620..c754e9e7eb 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/xgboost/loss_functions/sse_loss.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/xgboost/loss_functions/sse_loss.hpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SSELoss
                arma::is_Row<VecType>::value>>
   VecType Hessians(const VecType& /* observed */, const VecType& values)
   {
-    VecType h(values.n_elem, 1);
+    VecType h(values.n_elem, arma::fill::ones);
     return h;
   }