diff --git a/ansible/library/minigraph_facts.py b/ansible/library/minigraph_facts.py
index 4629978dd24..28e52e90f64 100644
--- a/ansible/library/minigraph_facts.py
+++ b/ansible/library/minigraph_facts.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import ipaddr as ipaddress
 from collections import defaultdict
 from natsort import natsorted
-from sonic_py_common import multi_asic
 
 from lxml import etree as ET
 from lxml.etree import QName
@@ -61,7 +60,12 @@ def parse_png(png, hname):
     console_port = ''
     mgmt_dev = ''
     mgmt_port = ''
-    namespace_list = multi_asic.get_namespace_list()
+    try:
+        from sonic_py_common import multi_asic
+        namespace_list = multi_asic.get_namespace_list()
+    except ImportError:
+        namespace_list = ['']
+
     for child in png:
         if child.tag == str(QName(ns, "DeviceInterfaceLinks")):
             for link in child.findall(str(QName(ns, "DeviceLinkBase"))):
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ def parse_dpg(dpg, hname):
             else:
                 intf['mask'] = str(prefix_len)
             intf.update({'attachto': intfname, 'prefixlen': int(prefix_len)})
-                    
+
             # TODO: remove peer_addr after dependency removed
             ipaddr_val = int(ipn.ip)
             peer_addr_val = None
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ def parse_dpg(dpg, hname):
                     peer_addr_val = ipaddr_val + 1
                 else:
                     peer_addr_val = ipaddr_val - 1
-                    
+
             if peer_addr_val is not None:
                 intf['peer_addr'] = ipaddress.IPAddress(peer_addr_val)
             intfs.append(intf)