diff --git a/omniadvisor/src/common/kmc_toolkit/KmcUtil.py b/omniadvisor/src/common/kmc_toolkit/KmcUtil.py
index 9a4a3dd349977f1dbc80136400cdd229060ab9da..4256b7b8d88ef1ed1d780474c729012fefe6b0bf 100644
--- a/omniadvisor/src/common/kmc_toolkit/KmcUtil.py
+++ b/omniadvisor/src/common/kmc_toolkit/KmcUtil.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Kmc:
         standby_ksf = CONSTANTS.KMC_KSF_STANDBY
 
         # initial sem key
-        sem_key = CONSTANTS.DEFAULT_SEM_KEY + random.randint(CONSTANTS.MIN_HEX_SEM_KEY, CONSTANTS.MAX_HEX_SEM_KEY)
+        sem_key = CONSTANTS.DEFAULT_SEM_KEY + CONSTANTS.MIN_HEX_SEM_KEY
 
         kmc_config = KmcConfig(
             primary_ksf.encode("utf-8"),