diff --git a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
index 9156e2a8c0..6402a93c6f 100755
--- a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
@@ -4714,6 +4714,10 @@ void PortsOrch::generatePortCounterMap()
     auto port_counter_stats = generateCounterStats(PORT_STAT_COUNTER_FLEX_COUNTER_GROUP);
     for (const auto& it: m_portList)
     {
+        if (it.first == "CPU")
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
         port_stat_manager.setCounterIdList(it.second.m_port_id, CounterType::PORT, port_counter_stats);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_flex_counters.py b/tests/test_flex_counters.py
index fca1c0527f..bfa933cbc6 100644
--- a/tests/test_flex_counters.py
+++ b/tests/test_flex_counters.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 PG_WATERMARK_MAP          =   "COUNTERS_PG_NAME_MAP"
 
 NUMBER_OF_RETRIES         =   10
+CPU_PORT_OID              = "0x0"
 
 counter_type_dict = {"port_counter":[PORT_KEY, PORT_STAT, PORT_MAP],
                      "queue_counter":[QUEUE_KEY, QUEUE_STAT, QUEUE_MAP],
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ def verify_flex_counters_populated(self, map, stat):
             oid = counter_entry[1]
             self.wait_for_id_list(stat, name, oid)
 
+    def verify_cpu_interface_not_in_db(self, stat):
+        cpu = self.flex_db.db_connection.hgetall("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE:" + stat + ":" + CPU_PORT_OID)
+        assert cpu.size() == 0, "FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE:" + stat + ":" + CPU_PORT_OID + " - CPU port exist in DB"
+
     def enable_flex_counter_group(self, group, map):
         group_stats_entry = {"FLEX_COUNTER_STATUS": "enable"}
         self.config_db.create_entry("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE", group, group_stats_entry)
@@ -98,5 +103,8 @@ def test_flex_counters(self, dvs, counter_type):
         self.enable_flex_counter_group(counter_key, counter_map)
         self.verify_flex_counters_populated(counter_map, counter_stat)
 
+        if counter_type == "port_counter":
+            self.verify_cpu_interface_not_in_db(counter_stat)
+
         if counter_type == "rif_counter":
             self.config_db.db_connection.hdel('INTERFACE|Ethernet0|192.168.0.1/24', "NULL")