diff --git a/src/discovery/disc_server.py b/src/discovery/disc_server.py
index 7cec4222e60..848601243b3 100644
--- a/src/discovery/disc_server.py
+++ b/src/discovery/disc_server.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def __init__(self, args):
         node_type_name = NodeTypeNames[node_type]
         instance_id = self._args.worker_id
         disc_client = discovery_client.DiscoveryClient(
-            '127.0.0.1', self._args.listen_port,
+            self._args.listen_ip_addr, self._args.listen_port,
             ModuleNames[Module.DISCOVERY_SERVICE])
         self._sandesh.init_generator(
             module_name, socket.gethostname(), node_type_name, instance_id,