diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rp2pio/StateMachine.c b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rp2pio/StateMachine.c
index acbf0e3ab2841..5f35445cff527 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rp2pio/StateMachine.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/rp2pio/StateMachine.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ bool rp2pio_statemachine_construct(rp2pio_statemachine_obj_t *self,
     pio_program_t program_struct = {
         .instructions = (uint16_t *)program,
         .length = program_len,
-        .origin = -1
+        .origin = offset,
     };
     PIO pio;
     uint state_machine;