diff --git a/src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/dataconnection/DcTrackerBase.java b/src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/dataconnection/DcTrackerBase.java
index 7c11eca..683a6ba 100644
--- a/src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/dataconnection/DcTrackerBase.java
+++ b/src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/dataconnection/DcTrackerBase.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     // Controls when a simple recovery attempt it to be tried
     protected int mNoRecvPollCount = 0;
     // Refrence counter for enabling fail fast
-    protected int mEnableFailFastRefCounter = 0;
+    protected static int sEnableFailFastRefCounter = 0;
     // True if data stall detection is enabled
     protected volatile boolean mDataStallDetectionEnabled = true;
 
@@ -757,24 +757,24 @@
                 break;
             }
             case DctConstants.CMD_SET_ENABLE_FAIL_FAST_MOBILE_DATA: {
-                mEnableFailFastRefCounter += (msg.arg1 == DctConstants.ENABLED) ? 1 : -1;
+                sEnableFailFastRefCounter += (msg.arg1 == DctConstants.ENABLED) ? 1 : -1;
                 if (DBG) {
                     log("CMD_SET_ENABLE_FAIL_FAST_MOBILE_DATA: "
-                            + " mEnableFailFastRefCounter=" + mEnableFailFastRefCounter);
+                            + " sEnableFailFastRefCounter=" + sEnableFailFastRefCounter);
                 }
-                if (mEnableFailFastRefCounter < 0) {
+                if (sEnableFailFastRefCounter < 0) {
                     final String s = "CMD_SET_ENABLE_FAIL_FAST_MOBILE_DATA: "
-                            + "mEnableFailFastRefCounter < 0";
+                            + "sEnableFailFastRefCounter:" + sEnableFailFastRefCounter + " < 0";
+                    loge(s);
+                    sEnableFailFastRefCounter = 0;
                     if (Build.IS_DEBUGGABLE) {
                         throw new RuntimeException(s);
                     }
-                    loge(s);
-                    mEnableFailFastRefCounter = 0;
                 }
-                final boolean enabled = mEnableFailFastRefCounter > 0;
+                final boolean enabled = sEnableFailFastRefCounter > 0;
                 if (DBG) {
                     log("CMD_SET_ENABLE_FAIL_FAST_MOBILE_DATA: enabled=" + enabled
-                            + " mEnableFailFastRefCounter=" + mEnableFailFastRefCounter);
+                            + " sEnableFailFastRefCounter=" + sEnableFailFastRefCounter);
                 }
                 if (mFailFast != enabled) {
                     mFailFast = enabled;