diff --git a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu_utils.go b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu_utils.go
index 2d17b05..51e5e81 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu_utils.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/openonu_utils.go
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 package adaptercoreonu
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	me "github.com/opencord/omci-lib-go/generated"
 )
 
 // GetTpIDFromTpPath extracts TpID from the TpPath.
@@ -81,3 +85,9 @@
 
 	return int16(val)
 }
+
+// TrimStringFromMeOctet trim string out of Me octet
+func TrimStringFromMeOctet(input interface{}) string {
+	ifBytes, _ := me.InterfaceToOctets(input)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", bytes.Trim(ifBytes, "\x00"))
+}