diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/port_ipc/port_ipc_handler.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/port_ipc/port_ipc_handler.cc
index 1a3c2b39624..402a196f74c 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/port_ipc/port_ipc_handler.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/port_ipc/port_ipc_handler.cc
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ bool PortIpcHandler::AddPort(const PortIpcHandler::AddPortParams &r,
     if (r.vn_id.length() != 0) {
         vn_uuid = StringToUuid(r.vn_id);
     }
-    /* VM Project UUID is optional for CfgIntNameSpacePort */
+    /* VM Project UUID is optional */
     uuid vm_project_uuid = nil_uuid();
     if (r.vm_project_id.length() != 0) {
         vm_project_uuid = StringToUuid(r.vm_project_id);
@@ -226,11 +226,6 @@ bool PortIpcHandler::AddPort(const PortIpcHandler::AddPortParams &r,
         resp_str += "invalid VN uuid, ";
         err = true;
     }
-    if ((intf_type == CfgIntEntry::CfgIntVMPort) &&
-        (vm_project_uuid == nil_uuid())) {
-        resp_str += "invalid VM project uuid, ";
-        err = true;
-    }
     if (!ValidateMac(r.mac_address)) {
         resp_str += "Invalid MAC, Use xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format";
         err = true;
diff --git a/src/vnsw/contrail-vrouter-api/contrail_vrouter_api/vrouter_api.py b/src/vnsw/contrail-vrouter-api/contrail_vrouter_api/vrouter_api.py
index 86810b538fa..00076551baa 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/contrail-vrouter-api/contrail_vrouter_api/vrouter_api.py
+++ b/src/vnsw/contrail-vrouter-api/contrail_vrouter_api/vrouter_api.py
@@ -52,16 +52,15 @@ def add_port(self, vm_uuid_str, vif_uuid_str, interface_name, mac_address,
 
             if 'vm_project_id' in kwargs:
                 vm_project_id = kwargs['vm_project_id']
-            if ('port_type' in kwargs and
-                kwargs['port_type'] in [0,1]):
+            if ('port_type' in kwargs):
                 if (kwargs['port_type'] == 0):
                     port_type = "NovaVMPort"
                 elif (kwargs['port_type'] == 1):
                     port_type = "NameSpacePort"
-                elif (kwargs['port_type'] == 'NameSpacePort'):
-                    port_type = "NameSpacePort"
-                else:
+                elif (kwargs['port_type'] == 'NovaVMPort'):
                     port_type = "NovaVMPort"
+                else:
+                    port_type = "NameSpacePort"
             else:
                 port_type = "NameSpacePort"