diff --git a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/BpfNetworkStatsTest.cpp b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/BpfNetworkStatsTest.cpp
index 6f9c8c2..ff62c0b 100644
--- a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/BpfNetworkStatsTest.cpp
+++ b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/BpfNetworkStatsTest.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@
             .txPackets = TEST_PACKET1,
             .txBytes = TEST_BYTES1,
     };
-    populateFakeStats(0, 0, 0, OVERFLOW_COUNTERSET, value1, mFakeStatsMap);
+    // next stats entry will be ignored due to ifindex 0 not being present in mFakeIfaceIndexNameMap
+    populateFakeStats(0, 0, 0, TEST_COUNTERSET1, value1, mFakeStatsMap);
     populateFakeStats(TEST_UID1, 0, IFACE_INDEX1, TEST_COUNTERSET0, value1, mFakeStatsMap);
     populateFakeStats(TEST_UID1, 0, IFACE_INDEX2, TEST_COUNTERSET0, value1, mFakeStatsMap);
     populateFakeStats(TEST_UID1, 0, IFACE_INDEX1, TEST_COUNTERSET1, value1, mFakeStatsMap);