diff --git a/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/tests/v1/test_ipv.py b/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/tests/v1/test_ipv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fc47bd3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/tests/v1/test_ipv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+import random
+
+import mock
+import testtools
+import uuid
+
+from cgtsclient import exc
+from cgtsclient.v1 import ipv
+
+
+class IPvTest(testtools.TestCase):
+
+    def test__find_ipv_numeric(self):
+        mock_cc = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_ihost = mock.MagicMock()
+
+        fake_id = str(random.randrange(1, 9))
+        ipv._find_ipv(mock_cc, mock_ihost, fake_id)
+
+        mock_cc.ipv.get.assert_called_with(fake_id)
+        mock_cc.ipv.list.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test__find_ipv_uuid(self):
+        mock_cc = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_ihost = mock.MagicMock()
+        fake_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        mock_cc.ipv.list.return_value = [
+            ipv.ipv(mock.MagicMock, info={
+                "uuid": fake_id
+            })
+        ]
+
+        ilvg_found = ipv._find_ipv(mock_cc, mock_ihost, fake_id)
+
+        mock_cc.ipv.list.assert_called_with(mock_ihost.uuid)
+        self.assertEqual(fake_id, ilvg_found.uuid)
+
+    def test__find_ipv_uuid_not_found(self):
+        mock_cc = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_ihost = mock.MagicMock()
+        fake_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        mock_cc.ipv.list.return_value = []
+
+        self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+            exc.CommandError,
+            "physical volume not found: %s" % fake_id,
+            ipv._find_ipv,
+            mock_cc,
+            mock_ihost,
+            fake_id
+        )
+        mock_cc.ipv.list.assert_called_with(mock_ihost.uuid)
diff --git a/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/v1/ipv.py b/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/v1/ipv.py
index 2a6b23a554..cb286f7b66 100644
--- a/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/v1/ipv.py
+++ b/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client/cgtsclient/v1/ipv.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _get_disks(cc, ihost, pv):
 
 
 def _find_ipv(cc, ihost, ipv_id):
-    if ipv.isdigit():
+    if ipv_id.isdigit():
         try:
             pv = cc.ipv.get(ipv_id)
         except exc.HTTPNotFound: