diff --git a/roles/uperf-scale/templates/workload.yml.j2 b/roles/uperf-scale/templates/workload.yml.j2
index 54adf9117..02185ed25 100644
--- a/roles/uperf-scale/templates/workload.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/uperf-scale/templates/workload.yml.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ items:
 {% else %}
       name: 'uperf-scale-client-{{item.spec.clusterIP}}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% endif %}
+{% elif workload_args.multus.enabled is sameas true %}
+      name: 'uperf-client-{{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% else %}
       name: 'uperf-scale-client-{{item.status.podIP}}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% endif %}
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ items:
 {% else %}
 {% if workload_args.multus.client is defined %}
               - "export multus_client={{workload_args.multus.client}};
-                 export h={{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }};
+                 export h={{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }};
 {% else %}
               - "export h={{item.status.podIP}};
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/uperf/templates/workload.yml.j2 b/roles/uperf/templates/workload.yml.j2
index fdcf783ab..689e37e36 100644
--- a/roles/uperf/templates/workload.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/uperf/templates/workload.yml.j2
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ metadata:
 {% else %}
   name: 'uperf-client-{{item.spec.clusterIP}}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% endif %}
+{% elif workload_args.multus.enabled is sameas true %}
+  name: 'uperf-client-{{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% else %}
   name: 'uperf-client-{{item.status.podIP}}-{{ trunc_uuid }}'
 {% endif %}
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ spec:
 {% else %}
 {% if workload_args.multus.client is defined %}
           - "export multus_client={{workload_args.multus.client}};
-             export h={{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }};
+             export h={{ (item['metadata']['annotations']['k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status'] | from_json)[1]['ips'][0] }};
 {% else %}
           - "export h={{item.status.podIP}};
 {% endif %}