diff --git a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/nova_client.py b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/nova_client.py
index 6e52c41c22c..271e3ca66ef 100644
--- a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/nova_client.py
+++ b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/nova_client.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from novaclient import exceptions as nc_exc
 
 class ServiceMonitorNovaClient(object):
-    def __init__(self, args):
+    def __init__(self, args, logger):
         self._args = args
+        self.logger = logger
         self._nova = {}
 
     def _novaclient_get(self, proj_name, reauthenticate=False):
diff --git a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/svc_monitor.py b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/svc_monitor.py
index d376441cbc7..1d6f2f0fef5 100644
--- a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/svc_monitor.py
+++ b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/svc_monitor.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def post_init(self, vnc_lib, args=None):
 
         self._nova_client = importutils.import_object(
             'svc_monitor.nova_client.ServiceMonitorNovaClient',
-            self._args)
+            self._args, self.logger)
 
         # load vrouter scheduler
         self.vrouter_scheduler = importutils.import_object(