diff --git a/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_sysctl.c b/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_sysctl.c
index 677dc2c1c0c..1ed2502623d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_sysctl.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_sysctl.c
@@ -1227,8 +1227,8 @@ bnxt_create_config_sysctls_pre(struct bnxt_softc *softc)
 	SYSCTL_ADD_PROC(ctx, children, OID_AUTO, "vlan_strip",
 	    CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RWTUN | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, softc, 0,
 	    bnxt_vlan_strip_sysctl, "I", "strip VLAN tag in the RX path");
-	SYSCTL_ADD_STRING(ctx, children, OID_AUTO, "if_name", CTLFLAG_RD,
-		iflib_get_ifp(softc->ctx)->if_xname, 0, "interface name");
+	SYSCTL_ADD_CONST_STRING(ctx, children, OID_AUTO, "if_name", CTLFLAG_RD,
+		if_name(iflib_get_ifp(softc->ctx)), "interface name");
 
         SYSCTL_ADD_PROC(ctx, children, OID_AUTO, "intr_coal_rx_usecs",
             CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RWTUN | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, softc, 0,
diff --git a/sys/dev/bnxt/if_bnxt.c b/sys/dev/bnxt/if_bnxt.c
index 6f45c0963d1..54140b8c001 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bnxt/if_bnxt.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bnxt/if_bnxt.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ struct bnxt_softc *bnxt_find_dev(uint32_t domain, uint32_t bus, uint32_t dev_fn,
 
 	SLIST_FOREACH(sc, &pf_list, next) {
 		/* get the softc reference based on device name */
-		if (dev_name && !strncmp(dev_name, iflib_get_ifp(sc->softc->ctx)->if_xname, BNXT_MAX_STR)) {
+		if (dev_name && !strncmp(dev_name, if_name(iflib_get_ifp(sc->softc->ctx)), BNXT_MAX_STR)) {
 			return sc->softc;
 		}
 		/* get the softc reference based on domain,bus,device,function */