diff --git a/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd b/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
index 795440eccaa99f9b5957fde9b816e98d5306d81e..26d81f2fca483fcce30ba806eacfa44bd16f9c59 100644
--- a/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
+++ b/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ END dp_statistics;
 
 ARCHITECTURE str OF dp_statistics IS
 
-  CONSTANT c_severity_level   : SEVERITY_LEVEL := sel_a_b(g_disable_failures, WARNING, FAILURE);
+  CONSTANT c_severity_level   : SEVERITY_LEVEL := sel_a_b(g_disable_failures, WARNING, ERROR);
 
   SIGNAL packet_count         : NATURAL := 0;
   SIGNAL valid_count          : NATURAL := 0;