diff --git a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/instance_manager.py b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/instance_manager.py
index 2eaac4bba8d..361b761be98 100644
--- a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/instance_manager.py
+++ b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/instance_manager.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def _create_svc_vm_port(self, nic, instance_name, st_obj, si_obj,
             if user_visible is not None:
                 id_perms = IdPermsType(enable=True, user_visible=user_visible)
                 vmi_obj.set_id_perms(id_perms)
-            vmi_created = True
+            vmi_create = True
 
         # set vn, itf_type, sg and static routes
         if vmi_obj.get_virtual_network_refs() is None: