diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index af8f045da..59cef1ac6 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  73_PRESENCE: fix restart of threshold counter after FHEM restart
   - feature: 44_S7: new attribute receiveTimeoutMs
   - feature: 38_CO20: introduced state reading
   - change:  73_NUKIBridge,74_NUKIDevice: fix Perlwarnings
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/73_PRESENCE.pm b/fhem/FHEM/73_PRESENCE.pm
index 5b93b5397..7db72b648 100755
--- a/fhem/FHEM/73_PRESENCE.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/73_PRESENCE.pm
@@ -1289,7 +1289,8 @@ sub PRESENCE_ProcessState($$)
         {
             if(++$count >= $absenceThreshold)
             {
-                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".absenceThresholdCounter", 0);
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".presenceThresholdCounter", 0);
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".absenceThresholdCounter", ($count-1));
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "state", "absent");
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "presence", "absent");
             }
@@ -1297,6 +1298,7 @@ sub PRESENCE_ProcessState($$)
             {
                 $hash->{helper}{ABSENT_COUNT} = $count;
                 
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".presenceThresholdCounter", 0);
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".absenceThresholdCounter", $count);
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "state", "maybe absent");
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "presence", "maybe absent");
@@ -1334,7 +1336,8 @@ sub PRESENCE_ProcessState($$)
         {
             if(++$count >= $presenceThreshold)
             {
-                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".presenceThresholdCounter", "0");
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".absenceThresholdCounter", 0);
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".presenceThresholdCounter", ($count-1));
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "state", "present");
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "presence", "present");
                 
@@ -1344,6 +1347,7 @@ sub PRESENCE_ProcessState($$)
             {
                 $hash->{helper}{PRESENT_COUNT} = $count;
                 
+                readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".absenceThresholdCounter", 0);
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, ".presenceThresholdCounter", $count);
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "state", "maybe present");
                 readingsBulkUpdate($hash, "presence", "maybe present");