diff --git a/apps/dhcprelay/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/dhcprelay/Dhcp4HandlerImpl.java b/apps/dhcprelay/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/dhcprelay/Dhcp4HandlerImpl.java
index 7325010137..6cd70de8c0 100644
--- a/apps/dhcprelay/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/dhcprelay/Dhcp4HandlerImpl.java
+++ b/apps/dhcprelay/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/dhcprelay/Dhcp4HandlerImpl.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.net.Host;
 import org.onosproject.net.HostId;
 import org.onosproject.net.HostLocation;
+import org.onosproject.net.Port;
 import org.onosproject.net.behaviour.Pipeliner;
 import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficSelector;
@@ -1086,15 +1087,21 @@ public class Dhcp4HandlerImpl implements DhcpHandler, HostProvider {
             log.warn("Failed to determine where to send {}", dhcpPayload.getPacketType());
             return;
         }
-
         Interface outIface = outInterface.get();
+
         ConnectPoint location = outIface.connectPoint();
+        if (!location.port().hasName()) {
+            location = translateSwitchPort(location);
+        }
+
         VlanId vlanId = getVlanIdFromRelayAgentOption(dhcpPayload);
         if (vlanId == null) {
             vlanId = outIface.vlan();
         }
+
         MacAddress macAddress = MacAddress.valueOf(dhcpPayload.getClientHardwareAddress());
         HostId hostId = HostId.hostId(macAddress, vlanId);
+
         DhcpRecord record = dhcpRelayStore.getDhcpRecord(hostId).orElse(null);
         if (record == null) {
             record = new DhcpRecord(HostId.hostId(macAddress, vlanId));
@@ -1439,9 +1446,14 @@ public class Dhcp4HandlerImpl implements DhcpHandler, HostProvider {
             log.warn("Can't find output interface for dhcp: {}", dhcpPayload);
             return;
         }
-
         Interface outIface = outInterface.get();
-        HostLocation hostLocation = new HostLocation(outIface.connectPoint(), System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+        ConnectPoint location = outIface.connectPoint();
+        if (!location.port().hasName()) {
+            location = translateSwitchPort(location);
+        }
+
+        HostLocation hostLocation = new HostLocation(location, System.currentTimeMillis());
         MacAddress macAddress = MacAddress.valueOf(dhcpPayload.getClientHardwareAddress());
         VlanId vlanId = getVlanIdFromRelayAgentOption(dhcpPayload);
         if (vlanId == null) {
@@ -1993,4 +2005,14 @@ public class Dhcp4HandlerImpl implements DhcpHandler, HostProvider {
         }
         return foundServerInfo;
     }
+
+    /* Connect point coming from interfaces do not have port name
+       we use the device service as translation service */
+    private ConnectPoint translateSwitchPort(ConnectPoint connectPoint) {
+        Port devicePort = deviceService.getPort(connectPoint);
+        if (devicePort != null) {
+            return new ConnectPoint(connectPoint.deviceId(), devicePort.number());
+        }
+        return connectPoint;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/suppressions.xml b/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/suppressions.xml
index 3cd63b1de5..c972216a01 100644
--- a/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/suppressions.xml
+++ b/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/suppressions.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <suppress files="org.onosproject.segmentrouting.*" checks="AbbreviationAsWordInName" />
     <suppress files="org.onosproject.segmentrouting.DefaultRoutingHandler.java" checks="FileLength" />
     <suppress files="org.onosproject.segmentrouting.mcast.McastHandler" checks="FileLength" />
+    <suppress files="org.onosproject.dhcprelay.Dhcp4HandlerImpl" checks="FileLength" />
 
     <!-- These files carry AT&T copyrights -->
     <suppress files="org.onlab.packet.EAP" checks="RegexpHeader" />
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/dhcp/CircuitId.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/dhcp/CircuitId.java
index 1b53a5b9dc..22342465ab 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/dhcp/CircuitId.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/dhcp/CircuitId.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.onlab.packet.dhcp;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLongs;
 import org.onlab.packet.VlanId;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 public class CircuitId {
     private static final String SEPARATOR = ":";
     private static final String CIRCUIT_ID_FORMAT = "%s" + SEPARATOR + "%s";
-    private static final String DEVICE_PORT_SEPARATOR = "/";
     private String connectPoint;
     private VlanId vlanId;
 
@@ -72,16 +70,26 @@ public class CircuitId {
         // remove last element (vlan id)
         String vlanId = splittedCircuitId.remove(splittedCircuitId.size() - 1);
 
-        // Reconstruct device Id
+        // Reconstruct the connect point string
         String connectPoint = String.join(SEPARATOR, splittedCircuitId);
 
-        String[] splittedConnectPoint = connectPoint.split(DEVICE_PORT_SEPARATOR);
-        // Check connect point is valid or not
-        checkArgument(splittedConnectPoint.length == 2,
-                      "Connect point must be in \"deviceUri/portNumber\" format");
+        /*
+         * As device IDs may have a path component, we are expecting one
+         * of:
+         * - scheme:ip:port/cp
+         * - scheme:ip:port/path/cp
+         *
+         * The assumption is the last `/` will separate the device ID
+         * from the connection point number. Please note that we are
+         * not actually checking here the content of the strings
+         */
+        int idx = connectPoint.lastIndexOf("/");
+        checkArgument(idx != -1, "Connect point not specified, " +
+                "Connect point must be in \"deviceUri/portNumber\" format");
 
-        // Check the port number is a number or not
-        UnsignedLongs.decode(splittedConnectPoint[1]);
+        String cp = connectPoint.substring(idx + 1);
+        checkArgument(!cp.isEmpty(), "Connect point separator specified, " +
+                "but no port number included, connect point must be in \"deviceUri/portNumber\" format");
 
         return new CircuitId(connectPoint, VlanId.vlanId(vlanId));
     }