diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index ef09711dd..cd613cf05 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func GetPfName(pciAddr string) (string, error) {
 	if pfEswitchMode == "" {
 		// If device doesn't support eswitch mode query or doesn't have sriov enabled,
 		// fall back to the default implementation
-		if err == nil || strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprint(err)), "no such device") {
+		if err == nil || strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprint(err)), "error getting devlink device attributes for net device") {
 			glog.Infof("Devlink query for eswitch mode is not supported for device %s. %v", pciAddr, err)
 		} else {
 			return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
index 5b6ab9181..2fdc6383b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ var _ = Describe("In the utils package", func() {
 				On("GetDevLinkDeviceEswitchAttrs", "devlinkDeviceSwitchdev").
 				Return(&nl.DevlinkDevEswitchAttr{Mode: "switchdev"}, nil).
 				On("GetDevLinkDeviceEswitchAttrs", "nonDevlinkDevice").
-				Return(nil, fmt.Errorf("devlink error: no such device")).
+				Return(nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting devlink device attributes for net device")).
 				On("GetDevLinkDeviceEswitchAttrs", "nonSriovDevice").
 				Return(&nl.DevlinkDevEswitchAttr{Mode: ""}, nil).
 				On("GetDevLinkDeviceEswitchAttrs", "unknownDevice").