diff --git a/internal/pkg/vpagent/common.go b/internal/pkg/vpagent/common.go
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+/*
+* Copyright 2022-present Open Networking Foundation
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+* limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// Package vpagent Common Logger initialization
+package vpagent
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v7/pkg/log"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Setup this package so that it's log level can be modified at run time
+	var err error
+	logger, err = log.RegisterPackage(log.JSON, log.ErrorLevel, log.Fields{})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// IsConnCanceled returns true, if error is from a closed gRPC connection.
+// ref. https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/1854
+func isConnCanceled(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	// >= gRPC v1.23.x
+	s, ok := status.FromError(err)
+	if ok {
+		// connection is canceled or server has already closed the connection
+		return s.Code() == codes.Canceled || s.Message() == "transport is closing"
+	}
+
+	e, ok := status.FromError(err)
+	if ok {
+		// connection is canceled or server has already closed the connection
+		return e.Code() == codes.Canceled || e.Message() == "all SubConns are in TransientFailure"
+	}
+
+	// >= gRPC v1.10.x
+	if err == context.Canceled {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// <= gRPC v1.7.x returns 'errors.New("grpc: the client connection is closing")'
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "grpc: the client connection is closing")
+}