diff --git a/pkg/uevent/uevent.go b/pkg/uevent/uevent.go
index 847528df79..a0cbc79714 100644
--- a/pkg/uevent/uevent.go
+++ b/pkg/uevent/uevent.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const (
 	uEventSubSystem = "SUBSYSTEM"
 	uEventSeqNum    = "SEQNUM"
 	uEventDevName   = "DEVNAME"
+	uEventInterface = "INTERFACE"
 
 	paramDelim = 0x00
 )
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ func (h *Handler) Read() (*Uevent, error) {
 			uEv.SubSystem = val
 		case uEventDevName:
 			uEv.DevName = val
+		case uEventInterface:
+			// In case of network interfaces, DevName will be empty since a device node
+			// is not created. Instead store the "INTERFACE" field as devName
+			uEv.DevName = val
 		case uEventSeqNum:
 			uEv.SeqNum = val