diff --git a/syncd/FlexCounter.cpp b/syncd/FlexCounter.cpp
index 7b670bb56..d0c9a77fd 100644
--- a/syncd/FlexCounter.cpp
+++ b/syncd/FlexCounter.cpp
@@ -2031,7 +2031,9 @@ class DashMeterCounterContext : public BaseCounterContext
         sai_object_key_t object_key;
         object_key.key.meter_bucket_entry.eni_id = rid;
         object_key.key.meter_bucket_entry.switch_id = m_switchId;
-        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_meterBucketsPerEni; ++i) {
+        // Populate object keys for ENI meter classes: 1 - max-capable.
+        // 0 is not a valid meter class since its used to denote traffic that is not metered
+        for (uint32_t i = 1; i <= m_meterBucketsPerEni; ++i) {
             object_key.key.meter_bucket_entry.meter_class = i;
             ctx.object_keys.push_back(object_key);
         }
diff --git a/tests/aspell.en.pws b/tests/aspell.en.pws
index 26228e28f..af7c95502 100644
--- a/tests/aspell.en.pws
+++ b/tests/aspell.en.pws
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ DPU
 EAPOL
 ECN
 EIO
+ENI
 ETERM
 ecmp
 ECMP
diff --git a/unittest/syncd/TestFlexCounter.cpp b/unittest/syncd/TestFlexCounter.cpp
index 47808ec48..bf3a6ad6a 100644
--- a/unittest/syncd/TestFlexCounter.cpp
+++ b/unittest/syncd/TestFlexCounter.cpp
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ TEST(FlexCounter, addRemoveDashMeterCounter)
         EXPECT_EQ(number_of_counters, 2);
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < object_count; ++i)
         {
-            EXPECT_EQ(object_keys[i].key.meter_bucket_entry.meter_class, i);
+            EXPECT_EQ(object_keys[i].key.meter_bucket_entry.meter_class, i + 1);
             dash_meter_fill_values(i, number_of_counters, &(counters[i * number_of_counters]), nullptr);
             object_status[i] = SAI_STATUS_SUCCESS;
         }
@@ -1933,7 +1933,8 @@ TEST(FlexCounter, addRemoveDashMeterCounter)
         std::string value;
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < (expectedValues.size()/counterIdNames.size()); i++)
         {
-            auto entry_key = sai_meter_bucket_entry_t {.switch_id = 0, .eni_id = eni_id, .meter_class = i*100};
+            auto entry_key = sai_meter_bucket_entry_t {.switch_id = 0, .eni_id = eni_id,
+                                                       .meter_class = (i*100) + 1};
             auto key = sai_serialize_meter_bucket_entry(entry_key);
             for (size_t j = 0; j < 2; ++j) {
                 countersTable.hget(key, counterIdNames[j], value);