diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9c44da3bb2..10cbf5188c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if err := initNicIdMap(); err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to init NicIdMap")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	
 	if err = (&controllers.SriovNetworkReconciler{
 		Client: mgrGlobal.GetClient(),
 		Scheme: mgrGlobal.GetScheme(),
@@ -174,6 +180,16 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func initNicIdMap() error {
+	namespace := os.Getenv("NAMESPACE")
+	kubeclient := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie())
+	if err := sriovnetworkv1.InitNicIdMap(kubeclient, namespace); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func createDefaultPolicy(cfg *rest.Config) error {
 	logger := setupLog.WithName("createDefaultPolicy")
 	c, err := client.New(cfg, client.Options{Scheme: scheme})