diff --git a/avocado/utils/pci.py b/avocado/utils/pci.py
index cefc1efa0951bbe3062a034b8419d1ae0b600588..e0729b8a136e2fe9c58ec270345474a6e58e8f7d 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/pci.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/pci.py
@@ -182,8 +182,12 @@ def get_slot_from_sysfs(full_pci_address):
     if not os.path.isfile("/proc/device-tree/%s/ibm,loc-code" % devspec):
         return
     slot = genio.read_file("/proc/device-tree/%s/ibm,loc-code" % devspec)
-    slot = re.match(r'((\w+)[.])+(\w+)-P(\d+)-C(\d+)|Slot(\d+)', slot).group()
-    return slot
+    slot_ibm = re.match(r'((\w+)[.])+(\w+)-[P(\d+)-]*C(\d+)', slot)
+    slot_openpower = re.match(r'(\w+)[\s]*(\w+)(\d*)', slot)
+    if slot_ibm:
+        return slot_ibm.group()
+    else:
+        return slot_openpower.group()
 
 
 def get_slot_list():
diff --git a/selftests/unit/test_utils_pci.py b/selftests/unit/test_utils_pci.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5ce55b75e88d3862e57a7c894daf85f248728c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftests/unit/test_utils_pci.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import unittest
+
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+
+from avocado.utils import pci
+
+
+class UtilsPciTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_slot_from_sysfs(self):
+        pcid = '0002:01:00.1'
+        file_values = ['S0001', 'S0001[', 'Slot2', 'SLOT1', 'Backplane USB', 'U78CB.001.WZS07CU-P1-C9-T1', 'PLX Slot1', 'Onboard USB', 'U78D5.001.CSS130E-P1-P2-P2-C1-T1']
+        expected_values = ['S0001', 'S0001', 'Slot2', 'SLOT1', 'Backplane USB', 'U78CB.001.WZS07CU-P1-C9', 'PLX Slot1', 'Onboard USB', 'U78D5.001.CSS130E-P1-P2-P2-C1']
+        for value, exp in zip(file_values, expected_values):
+            with mock.patch('os.path.isfile', return_value=True):
+                with mock.patch('avocado.utils.genio.read_file',
+                                return_value=value):
+                    self.assertEqual(pci.get_slot_from_sysfs(pcid), exp)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()