diff --git a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/lb_const.py b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/lb_const.py
index e0ba714d6f..0e3d7cc471 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/lb_const.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/lb_const.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ HEALTH_MONITOR_MAP = {
     LB_HEALTH_MONITOR_PING: 'icmp',
     LB_HEALTH_MONITOR_TCP: 'tcp',
     LB_HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTP: 'http',
-    LB_HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS: 'tcp'}
+    LB_HEALTH_MONITOR_HTTPS: 'https'}
 
 LB_SESSION_PERSISTENCE_SOURCE_IP = 'SOURCE_IP'
 LB_SESSION_PERSISTENCE_HTTP_COOKIE = 'HTTP_COOKIE'