diff --git a/aodh/coordination.py b/aodh/coordination.py
index 5b65d21e7..e0956fc28 100644
--- a/aodh/coordination.py
+++ b/aodh/coordination.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import struct
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
+from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import six
 import tenacity
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ class PartitionCoordinator(object):
         self.backend_url = self.conf.coordination.backend_url
         self._coordinator = None
         self._groups = set()
-        self._my_id = my_id or uuidutils.generate_uuid()
+        self._my_id = my_id or \
+            encodeutils.safe_encode(uuidutils.generate_uuid())
 
     def start(self):
         if self.backend_url:
diff --git a/aodh/tests/unit/test_coordination.py b/aodh/tests/unit/test_coordination.py
index 63dcadc8b..6fc4c104a 100644
--- a/aodh/tests/unit/test_coordination.py
+++ b/aodh/tests/unit/test_coordination.py
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ class TestPartitioning(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(['group1', 'group2'],
                          sorted(self.shared_storage.keys()))
 
+    def test_member_id(self):
+        agent = 'agent'.encode('ascii')
+        coord = self._get_new_started_coordinator({}, agent)
+        self.assertEqual(agent, coord._my_id)
+
     def test_partitioning(self):
         all_resources = ['resource_%s' % i for i in range(1000)]
         agents = ['agent_%s' % i for i in range(10)]