diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_statistics_offload.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_statistics_offload.vhd
index 7e465cae371242282dfd24f3f5ad544062e55dd1..40e707c99407258a0630c845088ce8b4cdf86f64 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_statistics_offload.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_statistics_offload.vhd
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ ARCHITECTURE str OF sdp_statistics_offload IS
     nof_cycles_dly       : NATURAL;
     payload_err          : STD_LOGIC;
     interval_cnt         : NATURAL;
-    integration_interval : NATURAL;
+    integration_interval : NATURAL; 
   END RECORD;
 
-  CONSTANT c_reg_rst : t_reg := (0, 0, '0', (OTHERS => '0'), (OTHERS => '0'), 0, '0', 0, 0);
+  CONSTANT c_reg_rst : t_reg := (0, 0, '0', (OTHERS => '0'), (OTHERS => '0'), 0, '0', 0, 1); -- integration interval should start at 1 as it is a total count and not an index count.
 
   SIGNAL r     : t_reg;
   SIGNAL nxt_r : t_reg;