diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
index 6b127be781d9c4f88719ab6cf033e4b70dc3a7c6..3b6dbacaf77d1fac3bc5dd2ef4358e0da1bddf6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/nls.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <linux/ucs2_string.h>
 
 #include "hyperv_net.h"
 #include "netvsc_trace.h"
@@ -1223,6 +1224,29 @@ static int rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps(struct rndis_device *rndis_device,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void rndis_get_friendly_name(struct net_device *net,
+				    struct rndis_device *rndis_device,
+				    struct netvsc_device *net_device)
+{
+	ucs2_char_t wname[256];
+	unsigned long len;
+	u8 ifalias[256];
+	u32 size;
+
+	size = sizeof(wname);
+	if (rndis_filter_query_device(rndis_device, net_device,
+				      RNDIS_OID_GEN_FRIENDLY_NAME,
+				      wname, &size) != 0)
+		return;
+
+	/* Convert Windows Unicode string to UTF-8 */
+	len = ucs2_as_utf8(ifalias, wname, sizeof(ifalias));
+
+	/* ignore the default value from host */
+	if (strcmp(ifalias, "Network Adapter") != 0)
+		dev_set_alias(net, ifalias, len);
+}
+
 struct netvsc_device *rndis_filter_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 				      struct netvsc_device_info *device_info)
 {
@@ -1276,6 +1300,10 @@ struct netvsc_device *rndis_filter_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 
 	memcpy(device_info->mac_adr, rndis_device->hw_mac_adr, ETH_ALEN);
 
+	/* Get friendly name as ifalias*/
+	if (!net->ifalias)
+		rndis_get_friendly_name(net, rndis_device, net_device);
+
 	/* Query and set hardware capabilities */
 	ret = rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps(rndis_device, net_device);
 	if (ret != 0)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 969462ebb296250fe5f3b7c4621e9ba9720a2dbe..a490ef6435861d9b35e42c64ad4880ee2cdcb06b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
 
 	return len;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_alias);
 
 /**
  *	dev_get_alias - get ifalias of a device