diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.cpp
index e6f311b0a7fd6..1a4888c31ffff 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ void GaugeMetricProducer::flushIfNeededLocked(const uint64_t& eventTimeNs) {
         }
     }
 
+    mCurrentSlicedBucketForAnomaly = std::make_shared<DimToValMap>();
     mCurrentSlicedBucket = std::make_shared<DimToGaugeFieldsMap>();
 
     // Adjusts the bucket start time