diff --git a/tests/common/dualtor/dual_tor_mock.py b/tests/common/dualtor/dual_tor_mock.py
index 96bed2e51e5..19afa3c185b 100644
--- a/tests/common/dualtor/dual_tor_mock.py
+++ b/tests/common/dualtor/dual_tor_mock.py
@@ -339,10 +339,12 @@ def apply_peer_switch_table_to_dut(cleanup_mocked_configs, rand_selected_dut, mo
     peer_switch_hostname = 'switch_hostname'
     peer_switch_key = 'PEER_SWITCH|{}'.format(peer_switch_hostname)
     device_meta_key = 'DEVICE_METADATA|localhost'
-
+    restart_swss = False
+    if dut.get_asic_name() in ['th2', 'td3']:
+        restart_swss = True
     cmd = 'redis-cli -n 4 HSET "{}" "{}" "{}"'.format(device_meta_key, 'subtype', 'DualToR')
     dut.shell(cmd=cmd)
-    if dut.get_asic_name() in ['th2', 'td3']:
+    if restart_swss:
         # Restart swss on TH2 or TD3 platform to trigger syncd restart to regenerate config.bcm
         # We actually need to restart syncd only, but restarting syncd will also trigger swss
         # being restarted, and it costs more time than restarting swss
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ def apply_peer_switch_table_to_dut(cleanup_mocked_configs, rand_selected_dut, mo
     cmds = ['redis-cli -n 4 HSET "{}" "address_ipv4" "{}"'.format(peer_switch_key, mock_peer_switch_loopback_ip.ip),
             'redis-cli -n 4 HSET "{}" "{}" "{}"'.format(device_meta_key, 'peer_switch', peer_switch_hostname)]
     dut.shell_cmds(cmds=cmds)
-    if dut.get_asic_name() in ['th2', 'td3']:
+    if restart_swss:
         # Restart swss on TH2 or TD3 platform to apply changes
         logger.info("Restarting swss service")
         dut.shell('systemctl restart swss')