diff --git a/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/conf/01-connection_state.yaml b/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/conf/01-connection_state.yaml
index e4cb56b3e..49180da4c 100644
--- a/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/conf/01-connection_state.yaml
+++ b/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/conf/01-connection_state.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ value_unit: "state"
 signals:
   signal:
     metric: ConnectionState
-    filter: "filter('stat', 'maximum')"
+    filter: "filter('stat', 'sum')"
 
 rules:
   critical:
diff --git a/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/detectors-gen.tf b/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/detectors-gen.tf
index 890790594..3c8c06900 100644
--- a/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/detectors-gen.tf
+++ b/modules/integration_aws-direct-connect/detectors-gen.tf
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ resource "signalfx_detector" "connection_state" {
 
   program_text = <<-EOF
     base_filtering = filter('namespace', 'AWS/DX')
-    signal = data('ConnectionState', filter=base_filtering and filter('stat', 'maximum') and ${module.filtering.signalflow})${var.connection_state_aggregation_function}${var.connection_state_transformation_function}.publish('signal')
+    signal = data('ConnectionState', filter=base_filtering and filter('stat', 'sum') and ${module.filtering.signalflow})${var.connection_state_aggregation_function}${var.connection_state_transformation_function}.publish('signal')
     detect(when(signal == ${var.connection_state_threshold_critical}%{if var.connection_state_lasting_duration_critical != null}, lasting='${var.connection_state_lasting_duration_critical}', at_least=${var.connection_state_at_least_percentage_critical}%{endif})).publish('CRIT')
 EOF