diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
index 46a37b9f59..f90c45e106 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
@@ -826,8 +826,7 @@ public class DeviceManagementServiceImpl implements DeviceManagementService {
             deviceConfig.setClientId(dcrResponse.getClientId());
             deviceConfig.setClientSecret(dcrResponse.getClientSecret());
 
-            StringBuilder scopes = new StringBuilder("device_" + type.replace(" ", "")
-                    .replace("_", "") + "_" + id);
+            StringBuilder scopes = new StringBuilder("device:" + type.replace(" ", "") + ":" + id);
             for (String topic : mqttEventTopicStructure) {
                 if (topic.contains("${deviceId}")) {
                     topic = topic.replace("${deviceId}", id);