diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverData.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverData.java
index efa632d..7063c03 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverData.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverData.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.onosproject.net.driver;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.net.MutableAnnotations;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 public class DefaultDriverData implements DriverData {
 
     private final Driver driver;
+    private final DeviceId deviceId;
     private final Map<String, String> properties;
 
     /**
@@ -37,8 +39,9 @@
      *
      * @param driver parent driver type
      */
-    public DefaultDriverData(Driver driver) {
+    public DefaultDriverData(Driver driver, DeviceId deviceId) {
         this.driver = driver;
+        this.deviceId = deviceId;
         this.properties = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
@@ -48,6 +51,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public DeviceId deviceId() {
+        return deviceId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public <T extends Behaviour> T behaviour(Class<T> behaviourClass) {
         return driver.createBehaviour(this, behaviourClass);
     }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DriverData.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DriverData.java
index 4cf7093..1d66ea9 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DriverData.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DriverData.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.net.driver;
 
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.net.MutableAnnotations;
 
 /**
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@
     Driver driver();
 
     /**
+     * Returns the device identifier.
+     *
+     * @return device identifier
+     */
+    DeviceId deviceId();
+
+    /**
      * Returns the specified facet of behaviour to access the device data.
      *
      * @param behaviourClass behaviour class
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverDataTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverDataTest.java
index 006957d..e3d6910 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverDataTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverDataTest.java
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.onosproject.net.DeviceId.deviceId;
 
 public class DefaultDriverDataTest {
 
+    public static final DeviceId DEVICE_ID = deviceId("of:0011223344556677");
+
     DefaultDriver ddc;
     DefaultDriverData data;
 
@@ -32,12 +36,13 @@
                                 ImmutableMap.of(TestBehaviour.class,
                                                 TestBehaviourImpl.class),
                                 ImmutableMap.of("foo", "bar"));
-        data = new DefaultDriverData(ddc);
+        data = new DefaultDriverData(ddc, DEVICE_ID);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void basics() {
-        assertSame("incorrect type", ddc, data.driver());
+        assertSame("incorrect driver", ddc, data.driver());
+        assertEquals("incorrect device id", DEVICE_ID, data.deviceId());
         assertTrue("incorrect toString", data.toString().contains("foo.bar"));
     }
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverHandlerTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverHandlerTest.java
index 08a508c..717cda2 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverHandlerTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverHandlerTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                                                 TestBehaviourTwo.class,
                                                 TestBehaviourTwoImpl.class),
                                 ImmutableMap.of("foo", "bar"));
-        data = new DefaultDriverData(ddc);
+        data = new DefaultDriverData(ddc, DefaultDriverDataTest.DEVICE_ID);
         handler = new DefaultDriverHandler(data);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverTest.java
index 17af6c7..01cc7a1 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/DefaultDriverTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.onosproject.net.driver.DefaultDriverDataTest.DEVICE_ID;
 
 public class DefaultDriverTest {
 
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@
         assertEquals("incorrect behaviour count", 0, ddc.behaviours().size());
         assertTrue("incorrect behaviour", ddc.hasBehaviour(TestBehaviour.class));
 
-        Behaviour b1 = ddc.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverData(ddc), TestBehaviour.class);
+        Behaviour b1 = ddc.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverData(ddc, DEVICE_ID), TestBehaviour.class);
         assertTrue("incorrect behaviour class", b1 instanceof TestBehaviourImpl);
 
-        Behaviour b2 = ddc.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverHandler(new DefaultDriverData(ddc)),
+        Behaviour b2 = ddc.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverHandler(new DefaultDriverData(ddc, DEVICE_ID)),
                                            TestBehaviourTwo.class);
         assertTrue("incorrect behaviour class", b2 instanceof TestBehaviourTwoImpl);
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/XmlDriverLoaderTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/XmlDriverLoaderTest.java
index ea77a50..f54e741 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/XmlDriverLoaderTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/XmlDriverLoaderTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.onosproject.net.driver.DefaultDriverDataTest.DEVICE_ID;
 
 /**
  * Tests of the XML driver loader implementation.
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
         InputStream stream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("drivers.noconstructor.xml");
         DriverProvider provider = loader.loadDrivers(stream, null);
         Driver driver = provider.getDrivers().iterator().next();
-        driver.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverData(driver), TestBehaviour.class);
+        driver.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverData(driver, DEVICE_ID), TestBehaviour.class);
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/impl/DriverManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/impl/DriverManager.java
index 43040da..b395307 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/impl/DriverManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/driver/impl/DriverManager.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         checkPermission(Permission.DRIVER_WRITE);
 
         Driver driver = getDriver(deviceId);
-        return new DefaultDriverHandler(new DefaultDriverData(driver));
+        return new DefaultDriverHandler(new DefaultDriverData(driver, deviceId));
     }
 
     // Produces a composite driver key using the specified components.
diff --git a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
index f90f952..9f52cf7 100644
--- a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-	<dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/Controller.java b/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/Controller.java
index 5b0c8ac..6cbd991 100644
--- a/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/Controller.java
+++ b/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/Controller.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+import static org.onosproject.net.DeviceId.deviceId;
+import static org.onosproject.openflow.controller.Dpid.uri;
 
 
 /**
@@ -208,9 +210,12 @@
                 .getDriver(desc.getMfrDesc(), desc.getHwDesc(), desc.getSwDesc());
 
         if (driver != null && driver.hasBehaviour(OpenFlowSwitchDriver.class)) {
-            OpenFlowSwitchDriver ofSwitchDriver = driver.createBehaviour(new DefaultDriverHandler(
-                    new DefaultDriverData(driver)), OpenFlowSwitchDriver.class);
-            ofSwitchDriver.init(new Dpid(dpid), desc, ofv);
+            Dpid did = new Dpid(dpid);
+            DefaultDriverHandler handler =
+                    new DefaultDriverHandler(new DefaultDriverData(driver, deviceId(uri(did))));
+            OpenFlowSwitchDriver ofSwitchDriver =
+                    driver.createBehaviour(handler, OpenFlowSwitchDriver.class);
+            ofSwitchDriver.init(did, desc, ofv);
             ofSwitchDriver.setAgent(agent);
             ofSwitchDriver.setRoleHandler(new RoleManager(ofSwitchDriver));
             log.info("OpenFlow handshaker found for device {}: {}", dpid, ofSwitchDriver);