diff --git a/tests/common/helpers/gnmi_utils.py b/tests/common/helpers/gnmi_utils.py
index 925c5a52153..52f8a1328d3 100644
--- a/tests/common/helpers/gnmi_utils.py
+++ b/tests/common/helpers/gnmi_utils.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def generate_telemetry_config(self, duthost):
                 self.gnmi_config_table = "TELEMETRY"
                 self.gnmi_container = "telemetry"
                 # GNMI program is telemetry or gnmi-native
-                res = duthost.shell("docker exec gnmi supervisorctl status", module_ignore_errors=True)
+                res = duthost.shell("docker exec %s supervisorctl status" % self.gnmi_container,
+                                    module_ignore_errors=True)
                 if 'telemetry' in res['stdout']:
                     self.gnmi_program = "telemetry"
                 else: