diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v4/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v4/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
index 64e7d30..70bd977 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v4/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v4/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
  */
 package kvstore
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+)
 
 // ToString converts an interface value to a string.  The interface should either be of
 // a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
@@ -42,3 +45,14 @@
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", t)
 	}
 }
+
+// Helper function to verify mostly whether the content of two interface types are the same.  Focus is []byte and
+// string types
+func isEqual(val1 interface{}, val2 interface{}) bool {
+	b1, err := ToByte(val1)
+	b2, er := ToByte(val2)
+	if err == nil && er == nil {
+		return bytes.Equal(b1, b2)
+	}
+	return val1 == val2
+}