diff --git a/dockers/docker-database/docker-database-init.sh b/dockers/docker-database/docker-database-init.sh
index 7afdbf6dc477..eb0348c2ae91 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-database/docker-database-init.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-database/docker-database-init.sh
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ if [[ $DATABASE_TYPE == "chassisdb" ]]; then
     VAR_LIB_REDIS_CHASSIS_DIR="/var/lib/redis_chassis"
     mkdir -p $VAR_LIB_REDIS_CHASSIS_DIR   
     update_chassisdb_config -j $db_cfg_file_tmp -k -p $chassis_db_port
+    # Set protected mode based on the hostname
+    additional_data_json=$(jq -c '{INSTANCES: .INSTANCES | map_values({is_protected_mode: (.hostname == "127.0.0.1")})}' "$db_cfg_file_tmp")
     # generate all redis server supervisord configuration file
-    sonic-cfggen -j $db_cfg_file_tmp \
+    sonic-cfggen -j $db_cfg_file_tmp -a "$additional_data_json" \
     -t /usr/share/sonic/templates/supervisord.conf.j2,/etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf \
     -t /usr/share/sonic/templates/critical_processes.j2,/etc/supervisor/critical_processes
     rm $db_cfg_file_tmp
@@ -104,7 +106,13 @@ then
 fi
 # delete chassisdb config to generate supervisord config
 update_chassisdb_config -j $db_cfg_file_tmp -d
-sonic-cfggen -j $db_cfg_file_tmp \
+# Set protected mode based on the hostname
+additional_data_json=$(jq -c '{INSTANCES: .INSTANCES | map_values({is_protected_mode: (.hostname == "127.0.0.1")})}' "$db_cfg_file_tmp")
+# For Linecard databases, disable Redis protected mode to expose them to the midplane.
+if [ -f "$chassisdb_config" ] && [[ "$start_chassis_db" != "1" ]]; then
+    additional_data_json=$(jq -c '{INSTANCES: .INSTANCES | map_values({is_protected_mode: false})}' "$db_cfg_file_tmp")
+fi
+sonic-cfggen -j "$db_cfg_file_tmp" -a "$additional_data_json" \
 -t /usr/share/sonic/templates/supervisord.conf.j2,/etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf \
 -t /usr/share/sonic/templates/critical_processes.j2,/etc/supervisor/critical_processes
 
diff --git a/dockers/docker-database/supervisord.conf.j2 b/dockers/docker-database/supervisord.conf.j2
index bd345d7807cd..3a1a0e5887c3 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-database/supervisord.conf.j2
+++ b/dockers/docker-database/supervisord.conf.j2
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ dependent_startup=true
 {%- if redis_inst != 'remote_redis' %}
 [program:{{ redis_inst }}]
 {% if redis_items['hostname'] != '127.0.0.1' %}
-{%- set ADDITIONAL_OPTS = '--protected-mode no' %}
 {%- if redis_inst != 'redis_chassis' %}
 {%- set LOOPBACK_IP = '127.0.0.1' -%}
 {%- endif -%}
 {%- else -%}
 {%- set LOOPBACK_IP = '' -%}
+{%- endif -%}
+{%- if not redis_items['is_protected_mode'] %}
+{%- set ADDITIONAL_OPTS = '--protected-mode no' %}
+{%- else %}
 {%- set ADDITIONAL_OPTS = '' %}
 {%- endif -%}
 command=/bin/bash -c "{ [[ -s /var/lib/{{ redis_inst }}/dump.rdb ]] || rm -f /var/lib/{{ redis_inst }}/dump.rdb; } && mkdir -p /var/lib/{{ redis_inst }} && exec /usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf --bind {{ LOOPBACK_IP }} {{ redis_items['hostname'] }} --port {{ redis_items['port'] }} --unixsocket {{ redis_items['unix_socket_path'] }} --pidfile /var/run/redis/{{ redis_inst }}.pid --dir /var/lib/{{ redis_inst }} {{ ADDITIONAL_OPTS }}"
diff --git a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2 b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
index 0d7daec7fe8e..8c10f630e4b5 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ function postStartAction()
 {%- if docker_container_name == "database" %}
     midplane_ip=""
     CHASSISDB_CONF="/usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/chassisdb.conf"
+    if [[ -f $CHASSISDB_CONF && $DATABASE_TYPE != "dpudb" ]]; then
+        slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_my_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
+        supervisor_slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_supervisor_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
+    fi
     [ -f $CHASSISDB_CONF ] && source $CHASSISDB_CONF
     if [[ "$DEV" && $DATABASE_TYPE != "dpudb" ]]; then
         # Enable the forwarding on eth0 interface in namespace.
@@ -188,9 +192,6 @@ function postStartAction()
            ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip addr add 127.0.0.1/16 dev lo
            ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip addr del 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo
 
-           slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_my_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
-           supervisor_slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_supervisor_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
-
            # Create eth1 in database instance
            if [[ "${slot_id}" == "${supervisor_slot_id}" ]]; then
                    ip link add name ns-eth1"$NET_NS" type veth peer name eth1@"$NET_NS"
@@ -235,6 +236,12 @@ function postStartAction()
            fi
        fi
     fi
+
+    # midplane ip for the Linecard database container
+    if [[ -z "$DEV" && "$DATABASE_TYPE" != "dpudb"  && -f $CHASSISDB_CONF && "${slot_id}" != "${supervisor_slot_id}" ]]; then
+        midplane_ip=$(docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} ip addr show eth1-midplane | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)
+    fi
+
     # Setup ebtables configuration
 {%- if sonic_asic_platform != "vs" %}
     ebtables_config
@@ -330,8 +337,8 @@ function postStartAction()
         REDIS_SOCK="/var/run/redis-chassis/redis_chassis.sock"
     fi
     chgrp -f redis $REDIS_SOCK && chmod -f 0760 $REDIS_SOCK
-
-    if [[ $DEV && $midplane_ip ]]; then
+    # Binding the midplane ip to the redisdb
+    if [[ -n "$midplane_ip" ]]; then
         IFS=_ read ip port < <(jq -r '.INSTANCES | [.redis.hostname, .redis.port] | join("_")' /var/run/redis$DEV/sonic-db/database_config.json)
         bound_ips=$(redis-cli --raw -h $ip -p $port config get bind | sed -n '2,2 p')
         redis-cli -h $ip -p $port config set bind "$bound_ips $midplane_ip"