From 30f1ca3a7565034426fd43c9af6e378c90c5b37a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vivek <vkarri@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 11:46:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [syncd] Fix the error log while running lua plugin

---
 orchagent/port_rates.lua | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/orchagent/port_rates.lua b/orchagent/port_rates.lua
index 1f9322a19c..0ae069a6c7 100644
--- a/orchagent/port_rates.lua
+++ b/orchagent/port_rates.lua
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ local function compute_rate(port)
     logit(initialized)
 
     -- FEC BER
-    local fec_corr_bits, fec_uncorr_frames, maxT
+    local fec_corr_bits, fec_uncorr_frames
+    local maxT = -1
     local fec_corr_bits_ber_new, fec_uncorr_bits_ber_new = -1, -1
     -- HLD review suggest to use the statistical average when calculate the post fec ber
     local rs_average_frame_ber = 1e-8