diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtFloatingIpJsonMatcher.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtFloatingIpJsonMatcher.java
index ccfb76c..41d8cfe 100644
--- a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtFloatingIpJsonMatcher.java
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtFloatingIpJsonMatcher.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     private static final String ROUTER_NAME = "routerName";
     private static final String NETWORK_NAME = "networkName";
     private static final String POD_NAME = "podName";
+    private static final String VM_NAME = "vmName";
     private static final String FLOATING_IP = "floatingIp";
     private static final String FIXED_IP = "fixedIp";
 
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@
             }
         }
 
+        JsonNode jsonVmName = jsonNode.get(VM_NAME);
+        if (jsonVmName != null) {
+            if (!floatingIp.vmName().equals(jsonVmName.asText())) {
+                description.appendText("VM name was " + jsonVmName);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+
         // check fixed IP
         JsonNode jsonFixedIp = jsonNode.get(FIXED_IP);
         if (jsonFixedIp != null) {