diff --git a/scripts/portstat b/scripts/portstat
index 24c085e9c1..abc1bc67aa 100755
--- a/scripts/portstat
+++ b/scripts/portstat
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ try:
 except KeyError:
     pass
 
+from swsscommon.swsscommon import CounterTable, PortCounter
 from utilities_common import constants
 from utilities_common.intf_filter import parse_interface_in_filter
 import utilities_common.multi_asic as multi_asic_util
@@ -157,20 +158,20 @@ class Portstat(object):
         """
             Get the counters info from database.
         """
-        def get_counters(table_id):
+        def get_counters(port):
             """
                 Get the counters from specific table.
             """
             fields = ["0"]*BUCKET_NUM
 
+            _, fvs = counter_table.get(PortCounter(), port)
+            fvs = dict(fvs)
             for pos, cntr_list in counter_bucket_dict.items():
                 for counter_name in cntr_list:
-                    full_table_id = COUNTER_TABLE_PREFIX + table_id
-                    counter_data =  self.db.get(self.db.COUNTERS_DB, full_table_id, counter_name)
-                    if counter_data is None:
+                    if counter_name not in fvs:
                         fields[pos] = STATUS_NA
                     elif fields[pos] != STATUS_NA:
-                        fields[pos] = str(int(fields[pos]) + int(counter_data))
+                        fields[pos] = str(int(fields[pos]) + int(fvs[counter_name]))
 
             cntr = NStats._make(fields)
             return cntr
@@ -196,13 +197,14 @@ class Portstat(object):
         cnstat_dict = OrderedDict()
         cnstat_dict['time'] = datetime.datetime.now()
         ratestat_dict = OrderedDict()
+        counter_table = CounterTable(self.db.get_redis_client(self.db.COUNTERS_DB))
         if counter_port_name_map is None:
             return cnstat_dict, ratestat_dict
         for port in natsorted(counter_port_name_map):
             port_name = port.split(":")[0]
             if self.multi_asic.skip_display(constants.PORT_OBJ, port_name):
                 continue
-            cnstat_dict[port] = get_counters(counter_port_name_map[port])
+            cnstat_dict[port] = get_counters(port)
             ratestat_dict[port] = get_rates(counter_port_name_map[port])
         return cnstat_dict, ratestat_dict
 
diff --git a/tests/mock_tables/dbconnector.py b/tests/mock_tables/dbconnector.py
index 80d74cafd7..f6db0d9794 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tables/dbconnector.py
+++ b/tests/mock_tables/dbconnector.py
@@ -182,6 +182,24 @@ def keys(self, pattern='*'):
         return [key for key in self.redis if regex.match(key)]
 
 
+class PortCounter:
+    pass
+
+
+class CounterTable:
+    def __init__(self, db):
+        self.db = db
+
+    def get(self, counter, name):
+        if isinstance(counter, PortCounter):
+            name_map = "COUNTERS_PORT_NAME_MAP"
+        else:
+            return False, ()
+
+        key = self.db.hget(name_map, name)
+        return True, tuple(self.db.get("COUNTERS:" + key).items())
+
+
 swsssdk.interface.DBInterface._subscribe_keyspace_notification = _subscribe_keyspace_notification
 mockredis.MockRedis.config_set = config_set
 redis.StrictRedis = SwssSyncClient
@@ -189,3 +207,5 @@ def keys(self, pattern='*'):
 swsscommon.SonicV2Connector = SonicV2Connector
 swsscommon.ConfigDBConnector = ConfigDBConnector
 swsscommon.ConfigDBPipeConnector = ConfigDBPipeConnector
+swsscommon.CounterTable = CounterTable
+swsscommon.PortCounter = PortCounter