diff --git a/src/sonic-daemon-base/sonic_daemon_base/daemon_base.py b/src/sonic-daemon-base/sonic_daemon_base/daemon_base.py
index 7fc14bf55c1f..abed352c682c 100644
--- a/src/sonic-daemon-base/sonic_daemon_base/daemon_base.py
+++ b/src/sonic-daemon-base/sonic_daemon_base/daemon_base.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 HWSKU_KEY = 'DEVICE_METADATA.localhost.hwsku'
 PLATFORM_KEY = 'DEVICE_METADATA.localhost.platform'
 
+EEPROM_MODULE_NAME = 'eeprom'
+EEPROM_CLASS_NAME = 'board'
+
 class DaemonBase(object):
     # Redis DB information
     redis_hostname = "localhost"
@@ -127,7 +130,11 @@ def load_platform_util(self, module_name, class_name):
 
         try:
             platform_util_class = getattr(module, class_name)
-            platform_util = platform_util_class()
+            # board class of eeprom requires 4 paramerters, need special treatment here.
+            if module_name == EEPROM_MODULE_NAME and class_name == EEPROM_CLASS_NAME:
+                platform_util = platform_util_class('','','','')
+            else:
+                platform_util = platform_util_class()
         except AttributeError, e:
             self.log_error("Failed to instantiate '%s' class: %s" % (class_name, str(e)))
             return None