diff --git a/backup/data.go b/backup/data.go
index a65527bfa..5d7606f8e 100644
--- a/backup/data.go
+++ b/backup/data.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func BackupSingleTableData(queryContext context.Context, table Table, rowsCopied
 
 	destinationToWrite := ""
 	if MustGetFlagBool(options.SINGLE_DATA_FILE) {
-		destinationToWrite = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d", globalFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand("pipe"), table.Oid)
+		destinationToWrite = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d", globalFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(), table.Oid)
 	} else {
 		destinationToWrite = globalFPInfo.GetTableBackupFilePathForCopyCommand(table.Oid, utils.GetPipeThroughProgram().Extension, false)
 	}
diff --git a/end_to_end/end_to_end_suite_test.go b/end_to_end/end_to_end_suite_test.go
index f932b2b2a..8ff3d0074 100644
--- a/end_to_end/end_to_end_suite_test.go
+++ b/end_to_end/end_to_end_suite_test.go
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ func assertArtifactsCleaned(timestamp string) {
 	fpInfo := filepath.NewFilePathInfo(backupCluster, "", timestamp, "", false)
 	description := "Checking if helper files are cleaned up properly"
 	cleanupFunc := func(contentID int) string {
-		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, "pipe"))
+		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID))
 		oidFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentHelperFilePath(contentID, "oid")
 		scriptFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentHelperFilePath(contentID, "script")
-		pipeFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, "pipe")
+		pipeFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID)
 
 		return fmt.Sprintf("! ls %s* && ! ls %s* && ! ls %s* && ! ls %s*", errorFile, oidFile, scriptFile, pipeFile)
 	}
diff --git a/filepath/filepath.go b/filepath/filepath.go
index e18c10b9f..7ad507238 100644
--- a/filepath/filepath.go
+++ b/filepath/filepath.go
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) replaceCopyFormatStringsInPath(templateFilePat
 	return strings.Replace(filePath, "<SEGID>", strconv.Itoa(contentID), -1)
 }
 
-func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID int, suffix string) string {
-	templateFilePath := backupFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(suffix)
+func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID int, helperIdx ...int) string {
+	templateFilePath := backupFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(helperIdx...)
 	return backupFPInfo.replaceCopyFormatStringsInPath(templateFilePath, contentID)
 }
 
-func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(suffix string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("<SEG_DATA_DIR>/gpbackup_<SEGID>_%s_%s_%d", backupFPInfo.Timestamp, suffix, backupFPInfo.PID)
+func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(helperIdx ...int) string {
+	pipe := "pipe"
+	if len(helperIdx) == 1 {
+		pipe = fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", helperIdx[0])
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("<SEG_DATA_DIR>/gpbackup_<SEGID>_%s_%s_%d", backupFPInfo.Timestamp, pipe, backupFPInfo.PID)
 }
 
 func (backupFPInfo *FilePathInfo) GetTableBackupFilePath(contentID int, tableOid uint32, extension string, singleDataFile bool) string {
diff --git a/integration/utils_test.go b/integration/utils_test.go
index 1f1b11dc0..ecfff4484 100644
--- a/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var _ = Describe("utils integration", func() {
 		Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
 		defer os.Remove(testPipe)
 		go func() {
-			copyFileName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand("pipe")
+			copyFileName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand()
 			// COPY will blcok because there is no reader for the testPipe
 			_, _ = conn.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("COPY public.foo TO PROGRAM 'echo %s > /dev/null; cat - > %s' WITH CSV DELIMITER ','", copyFileName, testPipe))
 		}()
diff --git a/restore/data.go b/restore/data.go
index 87acd676d..b9d8c91cb 100644
--- a/restore/data.go
+++ b/restore/data.go
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ func CopyTableIn(queryContext context.Context, connectionPool *dbconn.DBConn, ta
 	if singleDataFile || resizeCluster {
 		//helper.go handles compression, so we don't want to set it here
 		customPipeThroughCommand = utils.DefaultPipeThroughProgram
-		pipe := fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", whichConn)
-		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", globalFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(pipe))
+		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", globalFPInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(whichConn))
 		readFromDestinationCommand = fmt.Sprintf("(timeout --foreground 300 bash -c \"while [[ ! -p \"%s\" && ! -f \"%s\" ]]; do sleep 1; done\" || (echo \"Pipe not found %s\">&2; exit 1)) && %s", destinationToRead, errorFile, destinationToRead, readFromDestinationCommand)
 	} else if MustGetFlagString(options.PLUGIN_CONFIG) != "" {
 		readFromDestinationCommand = fmt.Sprintf("%s restore_data %s", pluginConfig.ExecutablePath, pluginConfig.ConfigPath)
@@ -89,8 +88,7 @@ func restoreSingleTableData(queryContext context.Context, fpInfo *filepath.FileP
 	for i := 0; i < batches; i++ {
 		destinationToRead := ""
 		if backupConfig.SingleDataFile || resizeCluster {
-			pipe := fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", whichConn)
-			destinationToRead = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d_%d", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(pipe), entry.Oid, i)
+			destinationToRead = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d_%d", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand(whichConn), entry.Oid, i)
 		} else {
 			destinationToRead = fpInfo.GetTableBackupFilePathForCopyCommand(entry.Oid, utils.GetPipeThroughProgram().Extension, backupConfig.SingleDataFile)
 		}
diff --git a/utils/agent_remote.go b/utils/agent_remote.go
index a847abec7..64afe43fd 100644
--- a/utils/agent_remote.go
+++ b/utils/agent_remote.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var AgentErr = errors.New("agent error")
  */
 func CreateSegmentPipeOnAllHostsForBackup(oid string, c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo) {
 	remoteOutput := c.GenerateAndExecuteCommand("Creating segment data pipes", cluster.ON_SEGMENTS, func(contentID int) string {
-		pipeName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, "pipe")
+		pipeName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID)
 		pipeName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", pipeName, oid)
 		gplog.Debug("Creating pipe %s", pipeName)
 		return fmt.Sprintf("mkfifo -m 0700 %s", pipeName)
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ func CreateSegmentPipeOnAllHostsForBackup(oid string, c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo
 
 func CreateSegmentPipeOnAllHostsForRestore(oid string, c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo, helperIdx int) {
 	oidWithBatch := strings.Split(oid, ",")
-	suffix := fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", helperIdx)
 	remoteOutput := c.GenerateAndExecuteCommand("Creating segment data pipes", cluster.ON_SEGMENTS, func(contentID int) string {
-		pipeName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, suffix)
+		pipeName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, helperIdx)
 		pipeName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s", pipeName, oidWithBatch[0], oidWithBatch[1])
 		gplog.Debug("Creating pipe %s", pipeName)
 		return fmt.Sprintf("mkfifo %s", pipeName)
@@ -179,18 +178,16 @@ func StartGpbackupHelpers(c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo, oper
 		resizeStr = fmt.Sprintf(" --resize-cluster --orig-seg-count %d --dest-seg-count %d", origSize, destSize)
 	}
 	oid := "oid"
-	pipe := "pipe"
 	script := "script"
 	if len(helperIdx) == 1 {
 		oid = fmt.Sprintf("oid_%d", helperIdx[0])
-		pipe = fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", helperIdx[0])
 		script = fmt.Sprintf("script_%d", helperIdx[0])
 	}
 	remoteOutput := c.GenerateAndExecuteCommand("Starting gpbackup_helper agent", cluster.ON_SEGMENTS, func(contentID int) string {
 		tocFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentTOCFilePath(contentID)
 		oidFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentHelperFilePath(contentID, oid)
 		scriptFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentHelperFilePath(contentID, script)
-		pipeFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, pipe)
+		pipeFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, helperIdx...)
 		backupFile := fpInfo.GetTableBackupFilePath(contentID, 0, GetPipeThroughProgram().Extension, true)
 		helperCmdStr := fmt.Sprintf(`gpbackup_helper %s --toc-file %s --oid-file %s --pipe-file %s --data-file "%s" --content %d%s%s%s%s%s%s --copy-queue-size %d --verbosity %d`,
 			operation, tocFile, oidFile, pipeFile, backupFile, contentID, pluginStr, compressStr, onErrorContinueStr, filterStr, singleDataFileStr, resizeStr, copyQueue, verbosity)
@@ -337,12 +334,8 @@ func CleanUpSegmentHelperProcesses(c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathI
 }
 
 func CheckAgentErrorsOnSegments(c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo, helperIdx ...int) error {
-	pipe := "pipe"
-	if len(helperIdx) == 1 {
-		pipe = fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", helperIdx[0])
-	}
 	remoteOutput := c.GenerateAndExecuteCommand("Checking whether segment agents had errors", cluster.ON_SEGMENTS, func(contentID int) string {
-		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, pipe))
+		errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, helperIdx...))
 		/*
 		 * If an error file exists we want to indicate an error, as that means
 		 * the agent errored out.  If no file exists, the agent was successful.
@@ -367,11 +360,10 @@ func CheckAgentErrorsOnSegments(c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo
 
 func CreateSkipFileOnSegments(oid string, tableName string, c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo, helperIdx int) {
 	createSkipFileLogMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Creating skip file on segments for restore entry %s (%s)", oid, tableName)
-	pipe := fmt.Sprintf("pipe_%d", helperIdx)
 	remoteOutput := c.GenerateAndExecuteCommand(createSkipFileLogMsg, cluster.ON_SEGMENTS, func(contentID int) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("touch %s_skip_%s", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, pipe), oid)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("touch %s_skip_%s", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, helperIdx), oid)
 	})
 	c.CheckClusterError(remoteOutput, "Error while creating skip file on segments", func(contentID int) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Could not create skip file %s_skip_%s on segments", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, pipe), oid)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Could not create skip file %s_skip_%s on segments", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, helperIdx), oid)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/utils/plugin.go b/utils/plugin.go
index 6cb86c9bd..d4a5fa15e 100644
--- a/utils/plugin.go
+++ b/utils/plugin.go
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func (plugin *PluginConfig) BackupSegmentTOCs(c *cluster.Cluster, fpInfo filepat
 		cluster.ON_SEGMENTS,
 		func(contentID int) string {
 			tocFile := fpInfo.GetSegmentTOCFilePath(contentID)
-			errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID, "pipe"))
+			errorFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s_error", fpInfo.GetSegmentPipeFilePath(contentID))
 			command = fmt.Sprintf(`while [[ ! -f "%s" && ! -f "%s" ]]; do sleep 1; done; ls "%s"`, tocFile, errorFile, tocFile)
 			return command
 		})
diff --git a/utils/util.go b/utils/util.go
index 4297ef5a8..89b9a961a 100644
--- a/utils/util.go
+++ b/utils/util.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TerminateHangingCopySessions(fpInfo filepath.FilePathInfo, appName string,
 		queryCol = "query"
 	}
 
-	copyFileName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand("pipe")
+	copyFileName := fpInfo.GetSegmentPipePathForCopyCommand()
 	fromClause := fmt.Sprintf(`FROM pg_stat_activity
 	WHERE application_name = '%s'
 	AND %s LIKE '%%%s%%'