diff --git a/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py b/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
index e4eea3f8ab..96aa55b2f1 100644
--- a/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
+++ b/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ _formatters = {
 }
 
 
+def _get_columns(item):
+    columns = item.keys()
+    if 'tenant_id' in columns:
+        columns.remove('tenant_id')
+        columns.append('project_id')
+    return tuple(sorted(columns))
+
+
 def _get_attrs(client_manager, parsed_args):
     attrs = {}
     if parsed_args.name is not None:
@@ -129,14 +137,10 @@ class CreateRouter(command.ShowOne):
         attrs = _get_attrs(self.app.client_manager, parsed_args)
         obj = client.create_router(**attrs)
 
-        columns = sorted(obj.keys())
+        columns = _get_columns(obj)
         data = utils.get_item_properties(obj, columns, formatters=_formatters)
 
-        if 'tenant_id' in columns:
-            # Rename "tenant_id" to "project_id".
-            index = columns.index('tenant_id')
-            columns[index] = 'project_id'
-        return (tuple(columns), data)
+        return columns, data
 
 
 class DeleteRouter(command.Command):
@@ -312,6 +316,6 @@ class ShowRouter(command.ShowOne):
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         client = self.app.client_manager.network
         obj = client.find_router(parsed_args.router, ignore_missing=False)
-        columns = sorted(obj.keys())
+        columns = _get_columns(obj)
         data = utils.get_item_properties(obj, columns, formatters=_formatters)
-        return (tuple(columns), data)
+        return columns, data
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/fakes.py b/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/fakes.py
index cfd057292a..9e6bf97f65 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/fakes.py
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ class FakeRouter(object):
         router = fakes.FakeResource(info=copy.deepcopy(router_attrs),
                                     methods=copy.deepcopy(router_methods),
                                     loaded=True)
+
+        # Set attributes with special mapping in OpenStack SDK.
+        router.project_id = router_attrs['tenant_id']
+
         return router
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/test_router.py b/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/test_router.py
index 794f8ab5c6..68c225e77d 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/test_router.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/network/v2/test_router.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class TestShowRouter(TestRouter):
         'ha',
         'id',
         'name',
-        'tenant_id',
+        'project_id',
     )
 
     data = (
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class TestShowRouter(TestRouter):
         _router.ha,
         _router.id,
         _router.name,
-        _router.tenant_id,
+        _router.project_id,
     )
 
     def setUp(self):