diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_base.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_base.hpp
index 9816325..c21514f 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_base.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_base.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
     rclcpp::Context::SharedPtr context,
     const rcl_node_options_t & rcl_node_options,
     bool use_intra_process_default,
-    bool enable_topic_statistics_default=false);
+    bool enable_topic_statistics_default);
 
   RCLCPP_PUBLIC
   virtual
diff --git a/rclcpp_lifecycle/src/lifecycle_node.cpp b/rclcpp_lifecycle/src/lifecycle_node.cpp
index 973ec04..0d6330b 100644
--- a/rclcpp_lifecycle/src/lifecycle_node.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp_lifecycle/src/lifecycle_node.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ LifecycleNode::LifecycleNode(
       namespace_,
       options.context(),
       *(options.get_rcl_node_options()),
-      options.use_intra_process_comms())),
+      options.use_intra_process_comms(),
+      options.enable_topic_statistics())),
   node_graph_(new rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeGraph(node_base_.get())),
   node_logging_(new rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeLogging(node_base_.get())),
   node_timers_(new rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeTimers(node_base_.get())),