diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_netlink.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_netlink.c
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_netlink.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_netlink.c
@@ -224,6 +224,20 @@
 	return (false);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Replace a FreeBSD interface name by a Linux interface name.
+ */
+static bool
+nlmsg_replace_ifname_nla(struct nlattr *nla, struct nl_writer *nw)
+{
+	char ifname[LINUX_IFNAMSIZ];
+
+	if (ifname_bsd_to_linux_name((char *)(nla + 1), ifname,
+	    sizeof(ifname)) <= 0)
+		return (false);
+	return (nlattr_add_string(nw, IFLA_IFNAME, ifname));
+}
+
 static bool
 nlmsg_copy_all_nla(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, int raw_hdrlen, struct nl_writer *nw)
 {
@@ -238,8 +252,16 @@
 		if (nla->nla_len < sizeof(struct nlattr)) {
 			return (false);
 		}
-		if (!nlmsg_copy_nla(nla, nw))
-			return (false);
+		switch (nla->nla_type) {
+		case IFLA_IFNAME:
+			if (!nlmsg_replace_ifname_nla(nla, nw))
+				return (false);
+			break;
+		default:
+			if (!nlmsg_copy_nla(nla, nw))
+				return (false);
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	return (true);
 }