diff --git a/providers/netcfghost/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netcfghost/NetworkConfigHostProvider.java b/providers/netcfghost/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netcfghost/NetworkConfigHostProvider.java
index 41e39dd..5669e16 100644
--- a/providers/netcfghost/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netcfghost/NetworkConfigHostProvider.java
+++ b/providers/netcfghost/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netcfghost/NetworkConfigHostProvider.java
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected NetworkConfigRegistry networkConfigRegistry;
 
-    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.provider.netcfghost";
     private ApplicationId appId;
+    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.netcfghost";
+    public static final ProviderId PROVIDER_ID = new ProviderId("host", APP_NAME);
     protected HostProviderService providerService;
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
      * Creates an network config host location provider.
      */
     public NetworkConfigHostProvider() {
-        super(new ProviderId("host", APP_NAME));
+        super(PROVIDER_ID);
     }
 
     @Activate