From eae1193c75faed94ceacbf1d69f0422eaa873a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andriy Yurkiv <70649192+ayurkiv-nvda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:39:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Set default values only on the first start (#7735)

---
 dockers/docker-orchagent/enable_counters.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/enable_counters.py b/dockers/docker-orchagent/enable_counters.py
index 5455f5923571..a00bd3facce7 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/enable_counters.py
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/enable_counters.py
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 
 
 def enable_counter_group(db, name):
-    info = {}
-    info['FLEX_COUNTER_STATUS'] = 'enable'
-    db.mod_entry("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE", name, info)
+    entry_info = db.get_entry("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE", name)
 
+    if not entry_info:
+        info = {}
+        info['FLEX_COUNTER_STATUS'] = 'enable'
+        db.mod_entry("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE", name, info)
 
 def enable_rates():
     # set the default interval for rates