diff --git a/inventory_provider/routes/poller.py b/inventory_provider/routes/poller.py
index 4de3d461ecd74470ebe57394e6951c5269aa6f5d..0838f0bf32bd98e19d57c7301416be2d5e3982b4 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/routes/poller.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/routes/poller.py
@@ -914,6 +914,13 @@ def interfaces(hostname=None):
     return Response(result, mimetype="application/json")
 
 
+def get_router_vendor_by_fqdn(router: str) -> str | None:
+    """Gets the vendor of a router by its FQDN from cache."""
+    current_redis = common.get_current_redis()
+    netdash_equipment = json.loads(current_redis.get('netdash').decode('utf-8'))
+    return netdash_equipment.get(router)
+
+
 def load_error_report_interfaces(
     config, hostname=None, use_next_redis=False
 ):
@@ -932,17 +939,12 @@ def load_error_report_interfaces(
                 )
             )
 
-    def get_vendor(router: str) -> str | None:
-        current_redis = common.get_current_redis()
-        netdash_equipment = json.loads(current_redis.get('netdash').decode('utf-8'))
-        return netdash_equipment.get(router)
-
     def transform_interface(interface: dict) -> dict:
         return {
             "router": interface["router"],
             "name": interface["name"],
             "description": interface["description"],
-            "vendor": get_vendor(interface["router"]),
+            "vendor": get_router_vendor_by_fqdn(interface["router"]),
         }
 
     return sorted(
diff --git a/test/test_worker.py b/test/test_worker.py
index d8628ff40da93f2d95d813e38ed78ff84fb30e39..481d33b34593aefd6ff232b20ed9c95d5e812fb9 100644
--- a/test/test_worker.py
+++ b/test/test_worker.py
@@ -1017,7 +1017,12 @@ def test_populate_error_report_interfaces_cache(mocker, data_config, mocked_redi
     mocker.patch(
         'inventory_provider.tasks.worker.InventoryTask.config'
     )
-    mocker.patch('inventory_provider.routes.poller.load_error_report_interfaces.get_vendor', return_value='juniper')
+
+    def mock_get_router_vendor_by_fqdn(fqdn):
+        return 'nokia' if fqdn == 'rt0.geant.net' else 'juniper'
+
+    mocker.patch('inventory_provider.routes.poller.get_router_vendor_by_fqdn',
+                 side_effect=mock_get_router_vendor_by_fqdn)
     exp_router_a_interfaces = [
         {
             "router": "router_a.geant.net",