diff --git a/daemon-common/common.py b/daemon-common/common.py
index 335c6afe..b9c0e38d 100644
--- a/daemon-common/common.py
+++ b/daemon-common/common.py
@@ -397,9 +397,13 @@ def getDomainNetworks(parsed_xml, stats_data):
             net_wr_packets = net_stats.get('wr_packets', 0)
             net_wr_errors = net_stats.get('wr_errors', 0)
             net_wr_drops = net_stats.get('wr_drops', 0)
+            if net_type in ['direct']:
+                net_vni = device.source.attrib.get('dev')
+            else:
+                net_vni = re_match(r'[vm]*br([0-9a-z]+)', net_bridge).group(1)
             net_obj = {
                 'type': net_type,
-                'vni': re_match(r'[vm]*br([0-9a-z]+)', net_bridge).group(1),
+                'vni': net_vni,
                 'mac': net_mac,
                 'source': net_bridge,
                 'model': net_model,