diff --git a/package/wprobe/files/wprobe.init b/package/wprobe/files/wprobe.init
index 11a5bf6e14..26d5c3d312 100755
--- a/package/wprobe/files/wprobe.init
+++ b/package/wprobe/files/wprobe.init
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config_wprobe() {
 
 start_proxy() {
 	config_get port "$cfg" port
-	wprobe_ssd -S proxy "$UTIL" -P -p "${port:-19770}"
+	wprobe_ssd -S proxy "$UTIL" -P -p "${port:-17990}"
 }
 
 start_ipfix() {