diff --git a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
index efb172c842..5e718b18ab 100644
--- a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
+++ b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/daemon_base.py
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS = 0
 EEPROM_MODULE_NAME = 'eeprom'
 EEPROM_CLASS_NAME = 'board'
 
+# The empty namespace refers to linux host namespace.
+EMPTY_NAMESPACE = ''
+
 #
 # Helper functions =============================================================
 #
 
-def db_connect(db_name):
+def db_connect(db_name, namespace=EMPTY_NAMESPACE):
     from swsscommon import swsscommon
-    return swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS, True)
+    return swsscommon.DBConnector(db_name, REDIS_TIMEOUT_MSECS, True, namespace)
 
 #
 # DaemonBase ===================================================================