diff --git a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/runner.py b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/runner.py
index 3ede4bbfe85..75df6f902e9 100644
--- a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/runner.py
+++ b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/runner.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def add_manager(self, manager):
         db = swsscommon.SonicDBConfig.getDbId(db_name)
         if db not in self.db_connectors:
             if db_name == "CHASSIS_APP_DB":
-                self.db_connectors[db] = swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, 0, False, '')
+                self.db_connectors[db] = swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, 0, True, '')
             else:
                 self.db_connectors[db] = swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, 0)
 
diff --git a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
index 1e65e47dd5c..fd98a12b28e 100644
--- a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
+++ b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 def db_connect(db_name, namespace=EMPTY_NAMESPACE):
     from swsscommon import swsscommon
-    return swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS, False, namespace)
+    return swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS, True, namespace)
 
 
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