diff --git a/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py b/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
index 3e41a65e101..703634dcdc4 100644
--- a/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
+++ b/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
@@ -3835,7 +3835,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, obj=None):
             self.routing_instances.add(ri_name)
             ri = RoutingInstanceST.get(ri_name)
             if ri:
-                ri.routing_policys[self.name] = ref['attr']['sequence']
+                ri.routing_policys[self.name] = ref['attr'].sequence
     # end __init__
 
     def update(self, obj=None):