diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto b/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
index 7648a9178a7c6..8dbf45618c756 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ message SimpleCondition {
     UNKNOWN = 0;
     FALSE = 1;
   }
-  optional InitialValue initial_value = 5 [default = UNKNOWN];
+  optional InitialValue initial_value = 5 [default = FALSE];
 
   repeated KeyMatcher dimension = 6;
 }
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/tests/condition/SimpleConditionTracker_test.cpp b/cmds/statsd/tests/condition/SimpleConditionTracker_test.cpp
index 855e66615f8e3..103b68d36d19f 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/tests/condition/SimpleConditionTracker_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/tests/condition/SimpleConditionTracker_test.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ TEST(SimpleConditionTrackerTest, TestNonSlicedCondition) {
     simpleCondition.set_start("SCREEN_TURNED_ON");
     simpleCondition.set_stop("SCREEN_TURNED_OFF");
     simpleCondition.set_count_nesting(false);
+    simpleCondition.set_initial_value(SimpleCondition_InitialValue_UNKNOWN);
 
     unordered_map<string, int> trackerNameIndexMap;
     trackerNameIndexMap["SCREEN_TURNED_ON"] = 0;