diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/cfg/discovery_agent.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/cfg/discovery_agent.cc
index 406185ba3a2..ac847cfb666 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/cfg/discovery_agent.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/cfg/discovery_agent.cc
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ void DiscoveryAgentClient::DiscoverServices() {
                     (agent->module_type());
                 NodeType::type node_type = 
                     g_vns_constants.Module2NodeType.find(module)->second;
-                std::string subscriber_name =
-                    agent->discovery_client_name();
                 std::string node_type_name = 
                     g_vns_constants.NodeTypeNames.find(node_type)->second;
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ void DiscoveryAgentClient::DiscoverServices() {
                                   ds_client, _1, _2, _3);
                 std::vector<std::string> list;
                 list.clear();
-                Sandesh::InitGenerator(subscriber_name,
+                Sandesh::InitGenerator(agent->module_name(),
                                        agent->host_name(),
                                        node_type_name,
                                        agent->instance_id(),
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.cc
index 82b79cd4dab..285be81e6c0 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.cc
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void Agent::InitCollector() {
     NodeType::type node_type =
         g_vns_constants.Module2NodeType.find(module)->second;
     if (params_->collector_server_list().size() != 0) {
-        Sandesh::InitGenerator(discovery_client_name_,
+        Sandesh::InitGenerator(module_name(),
                 host_name(),
                 g_vns_constants.NodeTypeNames.find(node_type)->second,
                 instance_id_,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void Agent::InitCollector() {
                 params_->collector_server_list(),
                 NULL);
     } else {
-        Sandesh::InitGenerator(discovery_client_name_,
+        Sandesh::InitGenerator(module_name(),
                 host_name(),
                 g_vns_constants.NodeTypeNames.find(node_type)->second,
                 instance_id_,
@@ -433,7 +433,9 @@ Agent::Agent() :
     CreateLifetimeManager();
 
     Module::type module = static_cast<Module::type>(module_type_);
-    discovery_client_name_ = g_vns_constants.ModuleNames.find(module)->second;
+    module_name_ = g_vns_constants.ModuleNames.find(module)->second;
+    discovery_client_name_ = BuildDiscoveryClientName(module_name_,
+                                                      instance_id_);
 
     agent_signal_.reset(
         AgentObjectFactory::Create<AgentSignal>(event_mgr_));
@@ -597,3 +599,7 @@ bool Agent::vrouter_on_host_dpdk() const {
 bool Agent::vrouter_on_host() const {
     return params_->vrouter_on_host();
 }
+
+const string Agent::BuildDiscoveryClientName(string mod_name, string id) {
+    return (mod_name + ":" + id);
+}
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.h b/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.h
index fbcadd59b5e..2c4d2a3eab4 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.h
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/cmn/agent.h
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ class Agent {
     const int &module_type() const { return module_type_; }
     void set_module_type(int id) { module_type_ = id; }
 
+    const std::string &module_name() const { return module_name_; }
+    void set_module_name(const std::string &name) { module_name_ = name; }
+
     // Multicast related
     const std::string &multicast_label_range(uint8_t idx) { 
         return label_range_[idx]; 
@@ -805,6 +808,8 @@ class Agent {
     bool vrouter_on_host() const;
     void SetAgentTaskPolicy();
     void CopyConfig(AgentParam *params);
+    const std::string BuildDiscoveryClientName(std::string mod_name,
+                                               std::string id);
 
     void Init(AgentParam *param);
     void InitPeers();
@@ -856,6 +861,7 @@ class Agent {
     int introspect_port_;
     std::string instance_id_;
     int module_type_;
+    std::string module_name_;
 
     // DB handles
     DB *db_;
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_init.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_init.cc
index 74e51e58bf2..d23177bf81e 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_init.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/init/agent_init.cc
@@ -78,10 +78,16 @@ int AgentInit::Start() {
     agent_->CopyConfig(agent_param_);
 
     string module_name = ModuleName();
-    agent_->set_discovery_client_name(module_name);
+    /* Discovery client name should have InstanceId as well because multiple
+     * instances of tor-agent can run on a single node.
+     */
+    string ds_client_name =
+        agent_->BuildDiscoveryClientName(module_name, InstanceId());
+    agent_->set_discovery_client_name(ds_client_name);
     agent_->set_agent_name(AgentName());
     agent_->set_instance_id(InstanceId());
     agent_->set_module_type(ModuleType());
+    agent_->set_module_name(module_name);
 
     LoggingInit(agent_param_->log_file(), agent_param_->log_file_size(),
                 agent_param_->log_files_count(), agent_param_->use_syslog(),
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/uve/agent_uve_base.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/uve/agent_uve_base.cc
index 0129e53ba4e..785f34425ee 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/uve/agent_uve_base.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/uve/agent_uve_base.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void AgentUveBase::Shutdown() {
 }
 
 void AgentUveBase::Init() {
-    std::string module_id(agent_->discovery_client_name());
+    std::string module_id(agent_->module_name());
     std::string instance_id(agent_->instance_id());
     EventManager *evm = agent_->event_manager();
     boost::asio::io_service &io = *evm->io_service();