diff --git a/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c b/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
index 74f08fe39612..1d1a53dbcef9 100644
--- a/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
+++ b/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ int get_num_of_asic() {
                     str_num_asic = strtok_r(NULL, "=", &saveptr);
                     strip_trailing_newline(str_num_asic);
                     if (str_num_asic != NULL){
-                        sscanf(str_num_asic, "%d",&num_asic);
+                        num_asic = strtol(str_num_asic, NULL, 10);
                     }
                     break;
                 }