diff --git a/gnss/aidl/vts/gnss_hal_test_cases.cpp b/gnss/aidl/vts/gnss_hal_test_cases.cpp
index 5964f815a8..b484f9c383 100644
--- a/gnss/aidl/vts/gnss_hal_test_cases.cpp
+++ b/gnss/aidl/vts/gnss_hal_test_cases.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ TEST_P(GnssHalTest, TestCorrelationVector) {
                 for (const auto& correlationVector : measurement.correlationVectors) {
                     ASSERT_GE(correlationVector.frequencyOffsetMps, 0);
                     ASSERT_GT(correlationVector.samplingWidthM, 0);
-                    ASSERT_GE(correlationVector.samplingStartM, 0);
                     ASSERT_TRUE(correlationVector.magnitude.size() > 0);
                     for (const auto& magnitude : correlationVector.magnitude) {
                         ASSERT_TRUE(magnitude >= -32768 && magnitude <= 32767);
diff --git a/gnss/common/utils/default/Utils.cpp b/gnss/common/utils/default/Utils.cpp
index d136448ed9..23e39b26ec 100644
--- a/gnss/common/utils/default/Utils.cpp
+++ b/gnss/common/utils/default/Utils.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ GnssData Utils::getMockMeasurement(const bool enableCorrVecOutputs) {
         aidl::android::hardware::gnss::CorrelationVector correlationVector2 = {
                 .frequencyOffsetMps = 20,
                 .samplingWidthM = 30,
-                .samplingStartM = 0,
+                .samplingStartM = -10,
                 .magnitude = {0, 3000, 5000, 3000, 0, 0, 1000, 0}};
         measurement.correlationVectors = {correlationVector1, correlationVector2};
         measurement.flags |= GnssMeasurement::HAS_CORRELATION_VECTOR;