diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/libraries/persistentnetnames.py b/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/libraries/persistentnetnames.py
index 56ed00b8df90d97008e9b74daa3e7d78635df4ef..2253b4960db095f4af28c56d91b4775f41d64c0e 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/libraries/persistentnetnames.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/el7toel8/libraries/persistentnetnames.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ def pci_info(path):
     """
     pci = {}
 
+    if path.startswith('virtio-pci-'):
+        path = path[7:]
+ 
     # TODO(msekleta): check that path argument actually has ID_PATH format
     if path.startswith('pci-'):
         components = path[4:16].split(':')