diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_param.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_param.cc
index bf6b102c97b..26ba436cc0d 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_param.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_param.cc
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void AgentParam::ParseDefaultSection() {
     }
 
     if (!GetValueFromTree<string>(log_category_, "DEFAULT.log_category")) {
-        log_category_ = "*";
+        log_category_ = "";
     }
 
     if (optional<bool> log_local_opt =
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/init/test/test_agent_init.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/init/test/test_agent_init.cc
index 18fd9859bdd..a18f817e17b 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/init/test/test_agent_init.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/init/test/test_agent_init.cc
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ TEST_F(FlowTest, Default_Cmdline_arg2) {
                "test-param");
     EXPECT_EQ(param.flow_cache_timeout(), flow_timeout);
     EXPECT_EQ(param.http_server_port(), http_server_port);
-    EXPECT_STREQ(param.log_category().c_str(), "*");
+    EXPECT_STREQ(param.log_category().c_str(), "");
     EXPECT_STREQ(param.log_file().c_str(),
                  Agent::GetInstance()->log_file().c_str());
     EXPECT_STREQ(param.log_level().c_str(), "SYS_DEBUG");