diff --git a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
index 02dd76176e1b36db2ba331111bc2012315ccba2d..1ac51e36321a7583fd1d492bb6a0ca43251aa010 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ static void create_fdt(SiFiveUState *s, const struct MemmapEntry *memmap,
         s->soc.gem.conf.macaddr.a, ETH_ALEN);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "#address-cells", 1);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "#size-cells", 0);
+
+    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(fdt, "/aliases");
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/aliases", "ethernet0", nodename);
+
     g_free(nodename);
 
     nodename = g_strdup_printf("/soc/ethernet@%lx/ethernet-phy@0",
@@ -297,7 +301,6 @@ static void create_fdt(SiFiveUState *s, const struct MemmapEntry *memmap,
         qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/chosen", "bootargs", cmdline);
     }
 
-    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(fdt, "/aliases");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/aliases", "serial0", nodename);
 
     g_free(nodename);