diff --git a/engineapi/instance_manager.go b/engineapi/instance_manager.go
index 178eb09696..abef7fc547 100644
--- a/engineapi/instance_manager.go
+++ b/engineapi/instance_manager.go
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ func (c *InstanceManagerClient) EngineProcessCreate(e *longhorn.Engine, volumeFr
 		}
 	}
 
+	if engineCLIAPIVersion >= 9 {
+		args = append(args, "--instance-name", e.ObjectMeta.Name)
+	}
+
 	for _, addr := range e.Status.CurrentReplicaAddressMap {
 		args = append(args, "--replica", GetBackendReplicaURL(addr))
 	}
@@ -235,6 +239,10 @@ func (c *InstanceManagerClient) ReplicaProcessCreate(replica *longhorn.Replica,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if engineCLIAPIVersion >= 9 {
+		args = append(args, "--instance-name", replica.ObjectMeta.Name)
+	}
+
 	binary := filepath.Join(types.GetEngineBinaryDirectoryForReplicaManagerContainer(replica.Spec.EngineImage), types.EngineBinaryName)
 
 	replicaProcess, err := c.grpcClient.ProcessCreate(