diff --git a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
index 110542075..be56988e8 100644
--- a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
+++ b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void *run_benchmark(void *args) {
 
   case_attr.schedparam.sched_priority = 25;
   case_attr.stacksize = 16384;
-  PrivSemaphoreCreate(&syn_sem, 0, -17);
+  PrivSemaphoreCreate(&syn_sem, 0, -16);
   PrivMutexCreate(&case_mu, 0);
 
   benchmark_handle *cur_handle = head.next;