diff --git a/orchagent/dash/dashorch.cpp b/orchagent/dash/dashorch.cpp
index 95dde9f888..d7c7818e5a 100644
--- a/orchagent/dash/dashorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/dash/dashorch.cpp
@@ -277,9 +277,11 @@ bool DashOrch::setEniAdminState(const string& eni, const EniEntry& entry)
 {
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
 
+    bool eni_enable = entry.metadata.admin_state() == dash::eni::State::STATE_ENABLED;
+
     sai_attribute_t eni_attr;
     eni_attr.id = SAI_ENI_ATTR_ADMIN_STATE;
-    eni_attr.value.booldata = entry.metadata.admin_state();
+    eni_attr.value.booldata = eni_enable;
 
     sai_status_t status = sai_dash_eni_api->set_eni_attribute(eni_entries_[eni].eni_id,
                                 &eni_attr);
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ bool DashOrch::setEniAdminState(const string& eni, const EniEntry& entry)
         }
     }
     eni_entries_[eni].metadata.set_admin_state(entry.metadata.admin_state());
-    SWSS_LOG_NOTICE("Set ENI %s admin state to %s", eni.c_str(), entry.metadata.admin_state() ? "UP" : "DOWN");
+    SWSS_LOG_NOTICE("Set ENI %s admin state to %s", eni.c_str(), eni_enable ? "UP" : "DOWN");
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_dash_vnet.py b/tests/test_dash_vnet.py
index 031fd7a0ef..ec9c56b2a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_dash_vnet.py
+++ b/tests/test_dash_vnet.py
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ def test_eni(self, dvs):
         for fv in fvs.items():
             if fv[0] == "SAI_ENI_ETHER_ADDRESS_MAP_ENTRY_ATTR_ENI_ID":
                 assert fv[1] == str(self.eni_oid)
+
+        # test admin state update
+        pb.admin_state = State.STATE_DISABLED
+        dashobj.create_eni(self.mac_string, {"pb": pb.SerializeToString()})
+        time.sleep(3)
+        enis = dashobj.asic_eni_table.get_keys()
+        assert len(enis) == 1
+        assert enis[0] == self.eni_oid
+        eni_attrs = dashobj.asic_eni_table[self.eni_oid]
+        assert eni_attrs["SAI_ENI_ATTR_ADMIN_STATE"] == "false"
+
         return dashobj
 
     def test_vnet_map(self, dvs):