diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index b2881e0b..65abf8f6 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ cat > /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection << EOC
 EOC
 echo id=${ifname} >> /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection
 echo uuid=$(uuidgen) >> /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection
-linktype=$(ip link |grep -A2 ${ifname}|tail -n 1|awk '{print $1}')
+linktype=$(ip link show dev ${ifname}|grep link/|awk '{print $1}')
 if [ "$linktype" = link/infiniband ]; then
 	linktype="infiniband"
 else
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index 4fca92cf..a9eba388 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ cat > /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection << EOC
 EOC
 echo id=${ifname} >> /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection
 echo uuid=$(uuidgen) >> /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/$ifname.nmconnection
-linktype=$(ip link |grep -A2 ${ifname}|tail -n 1|awk '{print $1}')
+linktype=$(ip link show dev ${ifname}|grep link/|awk '{print $1}')
 if [ "$linktype" = link/infiniband ]; then
         linktype="infiniband"
 else