diff --git a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py
index 54f9a01dec..423a903633 100644
--- a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py
+++ b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_current_namespace(pid=None):
     """
 
     net_namespace = None
-    command = ["sudo", '/bin/ip', 'netns', 'identify', "{}".format(os.getpid() if not pid else pid)]
+    command = ['/bin/ip', 'netns', 'identify', "{}".format(os.getpid() if not pid else pid)]
     proc = subprocess.Popen(command,
                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                             universal_newlines=True,