diff --git a/libraries/io/eth/src/vhdl/eth_statistics.vhd b/libraries/io/eth/src/vhdl/eth_statistics.vhd
index be3d0796321065df6eb95c87a7d11f5a24e404f8..d3f16a0ccb3cc3cbaaf0f11cdc41e1384e956fa3 100644
--- a/libraries/io/eth/src/vhdl/eth_statistics.vhd
+++ b/libraries/io/eth/src/vhdl/eth_statistics.vhd
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ USE technology_lib.technology_select_pkg.ALL;
 
 ENTITY eth_statistics IS
   GENERIC (
+    g_disable_failures    : BOOLEAN := FALSE; --TRUE: report warnings instead of failures - does not stop sim.
     g_runtime_nof_packets : NATURAL; -- Run the test bench for nof_packets before asserting tb_end
     g_runtime_timeout     : TIME;    -- Report Failure if g_runtime_nof_packets is not reached before this time
     g_check_nof_valid     : BOOLEAN := FALSE; -- True enables valid count checking at tb_end. Reports Failure in case of mismatch.
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ END eth_statistics;
 
 ARCHITECTURE str OF eth_statistics IS
 
+  CONSTANT c_severity_level   : SEVERITY_LEVEL := sel_a_b(g_disable_failures, WARNING, FAILURE);
+
   CONSTANT c_eth_clk_freq_mhz : NATURAL := 125;
   CONSTANT c_eth_word_w       : NATURAL := 32;
   CONSTANT c_eth_clk_period   : TIME := 8 ns;
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ BEGIN
       REPORT "[eth_statistics] Timeout occured!" SEVERITY FAILURE;
     ELSIF nxt_tb_end='1' THEN
       IF falling_edge(eth_clk) THEN
-        IF (g_check_nof_valid=TRUE AND valid_count/=g_check_nof_valid_ref) THEN REPORT "[eth_statistics] Valid count does not match reference" SEVERITY FAILURE; END IF;
+        IF (g_check_nof_valid=TRUE AND valid_count/=g_check_nof_valid_ref) THEN REPORT "[eth_statistics] Valid count does not match reference" SEVERITY c_severity_level; END IF;
       END IF;
     END IF;
   END PROCESS;