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diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index 5c089647e59..5a9e0a70c64 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -473,9 +473,12 @@ class VPPApiClient:
         self._apifiles = apifiles
         self.stats = {}
 
+        if self.apidir is None and hasattr(self.__class__, "apidir"):
+            # Keep supporting the old style of providing apidir.
+            self.apidir = self.__class__.apidir
         try:
             self.apifiles, self.messages, self.services = VPPApiJSONFiles.load_api(
-                apifiles, apidir
+                apifiles, self.apidir
             )
         except VPPRuntimeError as e:
             if testmode: