diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index abe048f61a5b..04e989f3e675 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 [submodule "src/sonic-platform-common"]
 	path = src/sonic-platform-common
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-platform-common
+	branch = 201811
 [submodule "src/sonic-platform-daemons"]
 	path = src/sonic-platform-daemons
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-platform-daemons
diff --git a/src/sonic-platform-common b/src/sonic-platform-common
index d4bf78c9db4d..42119e19030e 160000
--- a/src/sonic-platform-common
+++ b/src/sonic-platform-common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d4bf78c9db4daf21497274a778748da4d8301866
+Subproject commit 42119e19030e33e8857f31f7a88d079fbe8edea9