diff --git a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
index 0de1f7fe26d3..bf2e8acacb36 100755
--- a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
+++ b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ else
     sonic-cfggen -k $HWSKU -p /usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/platform.json -t /usr/share/sonic/hwsku/buffers.json.j2 > /tmp/buffers.json
     sonic-cfggen -j /etc/sonic/init_cfg.json -t /usr/share/sonic/hwsku/qos.json.j2 > /tmp/qos.json
     sonic-cfggen -p /usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/platform.json -k $HWSKU --print-data > /tmp/ports.json
+    # change admin_status from up to down; Test cases dependent
+    sed -i "s/up/down/g" /tmp/ports.json
     sonic-cfggen -j /etc/sonic/init_cfg.json -j /tmp/buffers.json -j /tmp/qos.json -j /tmp/ports.json --print-data > /etc/sonic/config_db.json
 fi