diff --git a/counterpoll/main.py b/counterpoll/main.py
index ad15c8c248..c3316b857d 100644
--- a/counterpoll/main.py
+++ b/counterpoll/main.py
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
 DEFLT_10_SEC= "default (10000)"
 DEFLT_1_SEC = "default (1000)"
 
+
 @click.group()
-def cli():
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx):
     """ SONiC Static Counter Poll configurations """
 
+    ctx.obj = ConfigDBConnector()
+    ctx.obj.connect()
+
+
 # Queue counter commands
 @cli.group()
 def queue():
@@ -382,6 +388,19 @@ def disable(ctx):
     fc_info['FLEX_COUNTER_STATUS'] = 'disable'
     ctx.obj.mod_entry("FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE", "FLOW_CNT_ROUTE", fc_info)
 
+
+@cli.command()
+@click.pass_context
+def delay(ctx):
+    """ Delays all counters for next boot """
+    config_db = ctx.obj
+
+    for key in config_db.get_keys('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE'):
+        entry = config_db.get_entry('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE', key)
+        entry['FLEX_COUNTER_DELAY_STATUS'] = 'true'
+        config_db.mod_entry('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE', key, entry)
+
+
 @cli.command()
 def show():
     """ Show the counter configuration """
diff --git a/scripts/fast-reboot b/scripts/fast-reboot
index 2eeca11112..0751cdde55 100755
--- a/scripts/fast-reboot
+++ b/scripts/fast-reboot
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ REBOOT_TIME=$(date)
 REBOOT_CAUSE_FILE="/host/reboot-cause/reboot-cause.txt"
 WARM_DIR=/host/warmboot
 REDIS_FILE=dump.rdb
-CONFIG_DB_FILE=/etc/sonic/config_db.json
 REBOOT_SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
 REBOOT_TYPE="${REBOOT_SCRIPT_NAME}"
 SHUTDOWN_ORDER_FILE="/etc/sonic/${REBOOT_TYPE}_order"
@@ -722,8 +721,8 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "$REBOOT_TYPE" = "fast-reboot" ]]; then
     COUNTERPOLL_DELAY_RC=0
-    # Delay counters in config_db.json
-    /usr/local/bin/counterpoll config-db delay $CONFIG_DB_FILE || COUNTERPOLL_DELAY_RC=$?
+    # Delay counters in CONFIG_DB
+    /usr/local/bin/counterpoll delay || COUNTERPOLL_DELAY_RC=$?
     if [[ COUNTERPOLL_DELAY_RC -ne 0 ]]; then
         error "Failed to delay counterpoll. Exit code: $COUNTERPOLL_DELAY_RC"
         unload_kernel
diff --git a/tests/counterpoll_test.py b/tests/counterpoll_test.py
index 4a4da07ee9..caee62a89c 100644
--- a/tests/counterpoll_test.py
+++ b/tests/counterpoll_test.py
@@ -221,6 +221,21 @@ def test_update_route_counter_interval(self):
         assert result.exit_code == 2
         assert expected in result.output
 
+    def test_delay(self):
+        runner = CliRunner()
+        db = Db()
+
+        for key in db.cfgdb.get_keys('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE'):
+            entry = db.cfgdb.get_entry('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE', key)
+            assert 'FLEX_COUNTER_DELAY_STATUS' not in entry
+
+        result = runner.invoke(counterpoll.cli.commands["delay"], [], obj=db.cfgdb)
+        print(result.exit_code, result.output)
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+        for key in db.cfgdb.get_keys('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE'):
+            entry = db.cfgdb.get_entry('FLEX_COUNTER_TABLE', key)
+            assert entry['FLEX_COUNTER_DELAY_STATUS'] == 'true'
 
     @classmethod
     def teardown_class(cls):