diff --git a/dracut-module-setup.sh b/dracut-module-setup.sh
index 9cbb5d6..e250703 100755
--- a/dracut-module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut-module-setup.sh
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ kdump_get_perm_addr() {
     fi
 }
 
+_get_nic_driver() {
+    ethtool -i "$1" | sed -n -E "s/driver: (.*)/\1/p"
+}
+
 # Prefix kernel assigned names with "kdump-". EX: eth0 -> kdump-eth0
 # Because kernel assigned names are not persistent between 1st and 2nd
 # kernel. We could probably end up with eth0 being eth1, eth0 being
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ kdump_setup_ifname() {
     # fadump to kdump. Skip prefixing 'kdump-' in this case as adding
     # another prefix may truncate the ifname. Since an ifname with
     # 'kdump-' is already persistent, this should be fine.
-    if [[ $1 =~ eth* ]] && [[ ! $1 =~ ^kdump-* ]]; then
+    if [[ $1 =~ eth* ]] && [[ ! $1 =~ ^kdump-* ]] && [[ $(_get_nic_driver "$1") != hv_netvsc ]]; then
         _ifname="kdump-$1"
     else
         _ifname="$1"