diff --git a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv.py b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv.py
index 70e2856..a2be5a0 100755
--- a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv.py
+++ b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'setup':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host SSH root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()
 
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'teardown':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()
 
diff --git a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv2.py b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv2.py
index b0307b8..56da35b 100755
--- a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv2.py
+++ b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv2.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'setup':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host SSH root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()
 
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'teardown':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()
 
diff --git a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv3.py b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv3.py
index 827f0e7..bdf455e 100755
--- a/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv3.py
+++ b/ovs_offload/ovs_offload_lnv3.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'setup':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host SSH root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()
 
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def build_args():
 
     elif args.command == 'teardown':
 
-        if host_password == '':
+        if len(host_password) == 0:
             print("Enter correct IPU Host root password in config.yaml and retry")
             sys.exit()