diff --git a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/port_tuple.py b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/port_tuple.py
index 6d1b9b6d85b..b790cd9198e 100644
--- a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/port_tuple.py
+++ b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/port_tuple.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def update_health_check_iip(self, si, port, vmi):
                 continue
             if if_type['interface_type'] != vmi.if_type:
                 continue
-            if health.params['health_check_type'] != 'end-to-end':
+            if health.params.get('health_check_type', None) != 'end-to-end':
                 continue
             allocate_hc_iip = True
             break