diff --git a/app/channel.cpp b/app/channel.cpp
index 72f1571..91d9987 100644
--- a/app/channel.cpp
+++ b/app/channel.cpp
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@
 
                 // if the system is having ip object,then
                 // get the IP object.
-                ipObject = ipmi::getDbusObject(bus,
-                                               ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
-                                               ipmi::network::ROOT,
-                                               ipmi::network::IP_TYPE);
+                ipObject = ipmi::getIPObject(
+                                bus,
+                                ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
+                                ipmi::network::ROOT,
+                                ipmi::network::IP_TYPE);
 
                 // Get the parent interface of the IP object.
                 try
@@ -196,11 +197,8 @@
                             ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE);
 
                     ipaddress = channelConfig.ipaddr.empty() ?
-                                ipmi::getIPAddress(bus,
-                                                   ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
-                                                   ipmi::network::ROOT,
-                                                   ipmi::network::IP_TYPE) :
-                                channelConfig.ipaddr;
+                        properties["Address"].get<std::string>() :
+                        channelConfig.ipaddr;
 
                     prefix = channelConfig.netmask.empty() ?
                         properties["PrefixLength"].get<uint8_t>() :
diff --git a/transporthandler.cpp b/transporthandler.cpp
index a90891a..50bc473 100644
--- a/transporthandler.cpp
+++ b/transporthandler.cpp
@@ -49,10 +49,19 @@
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        ipaddress = ipmi::getIPAddress(bus,
-                                                       ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
-                                                       ipmi::network::ROOT,
-                                                       ipmi::network::IP_TYPE);
+                        auto ipObjectInfo = ipmi::getIPObject(
+                                bus,
+                                ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
+                                ipmi::network::ROOT,
+                                ipmi::network::IP_TYPE);
+
+                        auto properties = ipmi::getAllDbusProperties(
+                                bus,
+                                ipObjectInfo.second,
+                                ipObjectInfo.first,
+                                ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE);
+
+                        ipaddress = properties["Address"].get<std::string>();
 
                     }
                     // ignore the exception, as it is a valid condtion that
@@ -158,7 +167,7 @@
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        auto ipObjectInfo = ipmi::getDbusObject(
+                        auto ipObjectInfo = ipmi::getIPObject(
                                 bus,
                                 ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
                                 ipmi::network::ROOT,
@@ -273,7 +282,7 @@
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        auto ipObjectInfo = ipmi::getDbusObject(
+                        auto ipObjectInfo = ipmi::getIPObject(
                                 bus,
                                 ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
                                 ipmi::network::ROOT,
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index ea3a6aa..fa6bd04 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@
 
 }
 
-std::string getIPAddress(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
-                         const std::string& interface,
-                         const std::string& serviceRoot,
-                         const std::string& match)
+DbusObjectInfo getIPObject(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
+                           const std::string& interface,
+                           const std::string& serviceRoot,
+                           const std::string& match)
 {
     auto objectTree = getAllDbusObjects(bus, serviceRoot, interface, match);
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         elog<InternalFailure>();
     }
 
-    std::string ipaddress;
+    DbusObjectInfo objectInfo;
 
     for (auto& object : objectTree)
     {
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
                            ipmi::network::IP_INTERFACE,
                            "Address");
 
-        ipaddress = std::move(variant.get<std::string>());
+        objectInfo =  std::make_pair(object.first, object.second.begin()->first);
 
         // if LinkLocalIP found look for Non-LinkLocalIP
-        if (ipmi::network::isLinkLocalIP(ipaddress))
+        if (ipmi::network::isLinkLocalIP(variant.get<std::string>()))
         {
             continue;
         }
@@ -132,11 +132,8 @@
         {
             break;
         }
-
     }
-
-    return ipaddress;
-
+    return objectInfo;
 }
 
 Value getDbusProperty(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
diff --git a/utils.hpp b/utils.hpp
index 0b2b2db..55978fb 100644
--- a/utils.hpp
+++ b/utils.hpp
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@
                              const std::string& subtreePath = ROOT,
                              const std::string& match = {});
 
-/** @brief Gets the ipAddres of first dbus IP object of Non-LinkLocalIPAddress
+/** @brief Get the ipObject of first dbus IP object of Non-LinkLocalIPAddress
  *         type from the given subtree, if not available gets IP object of
  *         LinkLocalIPAddress type.
  *  @param[in] bus - DBUS Bus Object.
  *  @param[in] interface - Dbus interface.
  *  @param[in] subtreePath - subtree from where the search should start.
  *  @param[in] match - identifier for object.
- *  @return On success returns the ipAddress.
+ *  @return On success returns the object having objectpath and servicename.
  */
-std::string getIPAddress(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
-                         const std::string& interface,
-                         const std::string& subtreePath,
-                         const std::string& match);
+DbusObjectInfo getIPObject(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
+                           const std::string& interface,
+                           const std::string& subtreePath,
+                           const std::string& match);
 
 /** @brief Gets the value associated with the given object
  *         and the interface.