diff --git a/files/image_config/monit/container_checker b/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
index a67a96a0c1..c6271d26c8 100755
--- a/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
+++ b/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import swsssdk
 from sonic_py_common import multi_asic, device_info
 from swsscommon import swsscommon
 
-
 def get_expected_running_containers():
     """
     @summary: This function will get the expected running & always-enabled containers by following the rule:
@@ -41,7 +40,19 @@ def get_expected_running_containers():
 
     expected_running_containers = set()
     always_running_containers = set()
-    
+
+    # Get current asic presence list. For multi_asic system, multi instance containers
+    # should be checked only for asics present.
+    asics_id_presence = multi_asic.get_asic_presence_list()
+
+    # Some services may run all the instances irrespective of asic presence.
+    # Add those to exception list.
+    # database service: Currently services have dependency on all database services to
+    # be up irrespective of asic presence.
+    # bgp service: Currently bgp runs all instances. Once this is fixed to be config driven,
+    # it will be removed from exception list.
+    run_all_instance_list = ['database', 'bgp']
+
     for container_name in feature_table.keys():
         if feature_table[container_name]["state"] not in ["disabled", "always_disabled"]:
             if multi_asic.is_multi_asic():
@@ -50,7 +61,8 @@ def get_expected_running_containers():
                 if feature_table[container_name]["has_per_asic_scope"] == "True":
                     num_asics = multi_asic.get_num_asics()
                     for asic_id in range(num_asics):
-                        expected_running_containers.add(container_name + str(asic_id))
+                        if asic_id in asics_id_presence or container_name in run_all_instance_list:
+                            expected_running_containers.add(container_name + str(asic_id))
             else:
                 expected_running_containers.add(container_name)
         if feature_table[container_name]["state"] == 'always_enabled':
@@ -60,9 +72,11 @@ def get_expected_running_containers():
                 if feature_table[container_name]["has_per_asic_scope"] == "True":
                     num_asics = multi_asic.get_num_asics()
                     for asic_id in range(num_asics):
-                        always_running_containers.add(container_name + str(asic_id))
+                        if asic_id in asics_id_presence or container_name in run_all_instance_list:
+                            always_running_containers.add(container_name + str(asic_id))
             else:
                 always_running_containers.add(container_name)
+
     if device_info.is_supervisor():
         always_running_containers.add("database-chassis")
     return expected_running_containers, always_running_containers
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 8ba409165f..e08746be03 100644
--- a/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py
+++ b/src/sonic-py-common/sonic_py_common/multi_asic.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ BGP_INTERNAL_NEIGH_CFG_DB_TABLE = 'BGP_INTERNAL_NEIGHBOR'
 NEIGH_DEVICE_METADATA_CFG_DB_TABLE = 'DEVICE_NEIGHBOR_METADATA'
 DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = ''
 PORT_ROLE = 'role'
-
+CHASSIS_STATE_DB='CHASSIS_STATE_DB'
+CHASSIS_ASIC_INFO_TABLE='CHASSIS_ASIC_TABLE'
 
 # Dictionary to cache config_db connection handle per namespace
 # to prevent duplicate connections from being opened
@@ -451,3 +452,31 @@ def validate_namespace(namespace):
         return True
     else:
         return False
+
+def get_asic_presence_list():
+    """
+    @summary: This function will get the asic presence list. On Supervisor, the list includes only the asics
+              for inserted and detected fabric cards. For non-supervisor cards, e.g. line card, the list should
+              contain all supported asics by the card. The function gets the asic list from CHASSIS_ASIC_TABLE from
+              CHASSIS_STATE_DB. The function assumes that the first N asic ids (asic0 to asic(N-1)) in
+              CHASSIS_ASIC_TABLE belongs to the supervisor, where N is the max number of asics supported by the Chassis 
+    @return:  List of asics present
+    """
+    asics_list = []
+    if is_multi_asic():
+        if not is_supervisor():
+            # This is not supervisor, all asics should be present. Assuming that asics
+            # are not removable entity on Line Cards. Add all asics, 0 - num_asics to the list.
+            asics_list = list(range(0, get_num_asics()))
+        else:
+            # This is supervisor card. Some fabric cards may not be inserted.
+            # Get asic list from CHASSIS_ASIC_TABLE which lists only the asics
+            # present based on Fabric card detection by the platform.
+            db = swsscommon.DBConnector(CHASSIS_STATE_DB, 0, True)
+            asic_table = swsscommon.Table(db, CHASSIS_ASIC_INFO_TABLE)
+            if asic_table:
+                asics_presence_list = list(asic_table.getKeys())
+                for asic in asics_presence_list:
+                    # asic is asid id: asic0, asic1.... asicN. Get the numeric value.
+                    asics_list.append(int(get_asic_id_from_name(asic)))
+    return asics_list