diff --git a/syncd/scripts/saidump.sh b/syncd/scripts/saidump.sh
index 5d5e504e9..86be3eeac 100755
--- a/syncd/scripts/saidump.sh
+++ b/syncd/scripts/saidump.sh
@@ -1,41 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-function debug()
+save_saidump_by_rdb() 
 {
-  /usr/bin/logger "$1"
-}
-
-save_saidump_by_rdb() {
   local filepath="/var/run/redis/sonic-db/database_config.json"
 
-  #Get hostname, port, redis directory
+  # Get hostname, port, redis directory
   local redis_config=$(python3 -c "
 import json
 with open('$filepath') as json_file:
   data = json.load(json_file)
   print(data['INSTANCES']['redis']['hostname'], data['INSTANCES']['redis']['port'], data['INSTANCES']['redis']['unix_socket_path'])")
 
-  #split
+  # split
   redis_config=(${redis_config// / })
   local hostname=${redis_config[0]}
   local port=${redis_config[1]}
   local redis_dir=`dirname ${redis_config[2]}`
-  debug "saidump.sh: hostname:$hostname, port:$port, redis_dir:$redis_dir"
+  logger "saidump.sh: hostname:$hostname, port:$port, redis_dir:$redis_dir"
 
-  debug "saidump.sh: [1] Config Redis consistency directory."
+  logger "saidump.sh: [1] Config Redis consistency directory."
   redis-cli -h $hostname -p $port CONFIG SET dir $redis_dir > /dev/null
 
-  debug "saidump.sh: [2] SAVE."
+  logger "saidump.sh: [2] SAVE."
   redis-cli -h $hostname -p $port SAVE > /dev/null
 
-  debug "saidump.sh: [3] Run rdb command to convert the dump files into JSON files."
+  logger "saidump.sh: [3] Run rdb command to convert the dump files into JSON files."
   rdb --command json  $redis_dir/dump.rdb | tee $redis_dir/dump.json > /dev/null
 
-  debug "saidump.sh: [4] Run saidump -r to update the JSON files' format as same as the saidump before. Then we can get the saidump's result in standard output."
+  logger "saidump.sh: [4] Run saidump -r to update the JSON files' format as same as the saidump before. Then we can get the saidump's result in standard output."
   saidump -r $redis_dir/dump.json -m 100
 
-  debug "saidump.sh: [5] Clear the temporary files."
+  logger "saidump.sh: [5] Clear the temporary files."
   rm -f $redis_dir/dump.rdb
   rm -f $redis_dir/dump.json
 }