diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_pkg.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_pkg.vhd
index 0ae5fc93546d7bfefb3ef244e8c8df96505059d0..a2a4f30672928b41533b1b1e4af1a017898f2dd9 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_pkg.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_pkg.vhd
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ PACKAGE sdp_pkg is
       ( field_name_pad("ip_version"                              ), "RW",  4, field_default(4) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_header_length"                        ), "RW",  4, field_default(5) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_services"                             ), "RW",  8, field_default(0) ),
-      ( field_name_pad("ip_total_length"                         ), "RW", 16, field_default(4156) ), 
+      ( field_name_pad("ip_total_length"                         ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ), 
       ( field_name_pad("ip_identification"                       ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_flags"                                ), "RW",  3, field_default(2) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_fragment_offset"                      ), "RW", 13, field_default(0) ),