diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/HISTORY.rst b/src/azure-cli-core/HISTORY.rst
index b4e5ee2d138..a9e6585f61e 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release History
 ===============
 2.0.51
 ++++++
-* Minor fixes
+* msi login: do not reuse subscription name for identity info
 
 2.0.50
 ++++++
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
index ba0f0aa4eff..8f517992f24 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 
 _SYSTEM_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY = 'systemAssignedIdentity'
 _USER_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY = 'userAssignedIdentity'
+_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY_INFO = 'assignedIdentityInfo'
 
 
 def load_subscriptions(cli_ctx, all_clouds=False, refresh=False):
@@ -229,7 +230,8 @@ def find_subscriptions_on_login(self,
         # use deepcopy as we don't want to persist these changes to file.
         return deepcopy(consolidated)
 
-    def _normalize_properties(self, user, subscriptions, is_service_principal, cert_sn_issuer_auth=None):
+    def _normalize_properties(self, user, subscriptions, is_service_principal, cert_sn_issuer_auth=None,
+                              user_assigned_identity_id=None):
         consolidated = []
         for s in subscriptions:
             consolidated.append({
@@ -246,6 +248,8 @@ def _normalize_properties(self, user, subscriptions, is_service_principal, cert_
             })
             if cert_sn_issuer_auth:
                 consolidated[-1][_USER_ENTITY][_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_CERT_SN_ISSUER_AUTH] = True
+            if user_assigned_identity_id:
+                consolidated[-1][_USER_ENTITY][_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY_INFO] = user_assigned_identity_id
         return consolidated
 
     def _build_tenant_level_accounts(self, tenants):
@@ -305,9 +309,9 @@ def find_subscriptions_in_vm_with_msi(self, identity_id=None):
         base_name = ('{}-{}'.format(identity_type, identity_id) if identity_id else identity_type)
         user = _USER_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY if identity_id else _SYSTEM_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY
 
-        consolidated = self._normalize_properties(user, subscriptions, is_service_principal=True)
-        for s in consolidated:
-            s[_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME] = base_name
+        consolidated = self._normalize_properties(user, subscriptions, is_service_principal=True,
+                                                  user_assigned_identity_id=base_name)
+
         # key-off subscription name to allow accounts with same id(but under different identities)
         self._set_subscriptions(consolidated, secondary_key_name=_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME)
         return deepcopy(consolidated)
@@ -469,9 +473,12 @@ def get_access_token_for_resource(self, username, tenant, resource):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _try_parse_msi_account_name(account):
-        subscription_name, user = account[_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME], account[_USER_ENTITY].get(_USER_NAME)
+        msi_info, user = account[_USER_ENTITY].get(_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY_INFO), account[_USER_ENTITY].get(_USER_NAME)
+
         if user in [_SYSTEM_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY, _USER_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY]:
-            parts = subscription_name.split('-', 1)
+            if not msi_info:
+                msi_info = account[_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME]  # fall back to old persisting way
+            parts = msi_info.split('-', 1)
             if parts[0] in MsiAccountTypes.valid_msi_account_types():
                 return parts[0], (None if len(parts) <= 1 else parts[1])
         return None, None
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
index fd7ffdc505a..f17d99c4212 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         s = subscriptions[0]
         self.assertEqual(s['user']['name'], 'systemAssignedIdentity')
         self.assertEqual(s['user']['type'], 'servicePrincipal')
-        self.assertEqual(s['name'], 'MSI')
+        self.assertEqual(s['user']['assignedIdentityInfo'], 'MSI')
+        self.assertEqual(s['name'], self.display_name1)
         self.assertEqual(s['id'], self.id1.split('/')[-1])
         self.assertEqual(s['tenantId'], '54826b22-38d6-4fb2-bad9-b7b93a3e9c5a')
 
@@ -904,7 +905,8 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         s = subscriptions[0]
         self.assertEqual(s['user']['name'], 'userAssignedIdentity')
         self.assertEqual(s['user']['type'], 'servicePrincipal')
-        self.assertEqual(s['name'], 'MSIClient-{}'.format(test_client_id))
+        self.assertEqual(s['name'], self.display_name1)
+        self.assertEqual(s['user']['assignedIdentityInfo'], 'MSIClient-{}'.format(test_client_id))
         self.assertEqual(s['id'], self.id1.split('/')[-1])
         self.assertEqual(s['tenantId'], '54826b22-38d6-4fb2-bad9-b7b93a3e9c5a')
 
@@ -954,7 +956,7 @@ def set_token(self):
         subscriptions = profile.find_subscriptions_in_vm_with_msi(identity_id=test_object_id)
 
         # assert
-        self.assertEqual(subscriptions[0]['name'], 'MSIObject-{}'.format(test_object_id))
+        self.assertEqual(subscriptions[0]['user']['assignedIdentityInfo'], 'MSIObject-{}'.format(test_object_id))
 
     @mock.patch('requests.get', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.profiles._shared.get_client_class', autospec=True)
@@ -987,7 +989,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         subscriptions = profile.find_subscriptions_in_vm_with_msi(identity_id=test_res_id)
 
         # assert
-        self.assertEqual(subscriptions[0]['name'], 'MSIResource-{}'.format(test_res_id))
+        self.assertEqual(subscriptions[0]['user']['assignedIdentityInfo'], 'MSIResource-{}'.format(test_res_id))
 
     @mock.patch('adal.AuthenticationContext.acquire_token_with_username_password', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('adal.AuthenticationContext.acquire_token', autospec=True)