diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/contrail/management/ContrailManagerImpl.java b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/contrail/management/ContrailManagerImpl.java
index ae9bba9b7e5..4eaafca17cf 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/contrail/management/ContrailManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/contrail/management/ContrailManagerImpl.java
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ public class ContrailManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements ContrailManager
     @Override
     public String getPhysicalNetworkName(PhysicalNetworkVO phys_net) {
         String physname = phys_net.getName();
-        physname = physname.replaceAll("\\s", "");
-        physname.replace("_", "");
+        physname = physname.replaceAll("\\s", "").replace("_", "");
         return physname;
     }