diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
index 6ed811ad99..d2dca6172e 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.Vers
                 OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(config, {
                     url: config.requestEncoding === "REST" && layerDef.resourceUrl ?
                         layerDef.resourceUrl.tile.template :
-                        capabilities.operationsMetadata.GetTile.dcp.http.get,
+                        capabilities.operationsMetadata.GetTile.dcp.http.get[0].url,
                     name: layerDef.title,
                     style: style.identifier,
                     matrixIds: matrixSet.matrixIds,