diff --git a/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py b/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
index 4f07527d751..42bee7812f2 100644
--- a/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
+++ b/quantum/db/dhcp_rpc_base.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DhcpRpcCallbackMixin(object):
                 network_id=network_id,
                 tenant_id=network['tenant_id'],
                 mac_address=attributes.ATTR_NOT_SPECIFIED,
-                name='DHCP Agent',
+                name='',
                 device_owner='network:dhcp',
                 fixed_ips=[dict(subnet_id=s) for s in dhcp_enabled_subnet_ids])
 
diff --git a/quantum/tests/unit/test_db_rpc_base.py b/quantum/tests/unit/test_db_rpc_base.py
index 279079f91cc..dc616179506 100644
--- a/quantum/tests/unit/test_db_rpc_base.py
+++ b/quantum/tests/unit/test_db_rpc_base.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class TestDhcpRpcCallackMixin(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_get_dhcp_port_create_new(self):
         self.plugin.get_network.return_value = dict(tenant_id='tenantid')
         create_spec = dict(tenant_id='tenantid', device_id='devid',
-                           network_id='netid', name='DHCP Agent',
+                           network_id='netid', name='',
                            admin_state_up=True,
                            device_owner='network:dhcp',
                            mac_address=mock.ANY)