diff --git a/user_channel/channel_layer.cpp b/user_channel/channel_layer.cpp
index 4cab58f..12b10c9 100644
--- a/user_channel/channel_layer.cpp
+++ b/user_channel/channel_layer.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
     // TODO: This is not the reliable way to find the device
     // associated with ethernet interface as the channel number to
     // eth association is not done. Need to revisit later
-    struct stat fileStat;
-    std::string devName("/sys/class/net/eth");
-    devName += std::to_string(chNum - 1);
+    struct stat fileStat = {0};
+    std::string devName("/sys/class/net/" +
+                        getChannelConfigObject().getChannelName(chNum));
 
     if (stat(devName.data(), &fileStat) != 0)
     {