diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
index 214753db255ee222a69bad2455fe22dcfef1e4d6..4b3f683ea58a57a381dba8dadf52380c70f0b180 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class RouterThrottleImpl implements RouterThrottle {
         // reject here if lag too high???
         
         RateStat rs = _context.statManager().getRate("transport.sendProcessingTime");
-        Rate r = null;
+        Rate r = rs.getRate(60*1000);
 
         //Reject tunnels if the time to process messages and send them is too large. Too much time implies congestion.
         if(r != null) {