diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ovs_linux.go b/pkg/daemon/ovs_linux.go
index 3bc89172857..efec4b27056 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ovs_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ovs_linux.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func (csh cniServerHandler) configureNic(podName, podNamespace, provider, netns,
 		oriPod := pod.DeepCopy()
 		pod.Annotations[fmt.Sprintf(util.VfRepresentorNameTemplate, provider)] = hostNicName
 		pod.Annotations[fmt.Sprintf(util.VfNameTemplate, provider)] = containerNicName
+		pod.Annotations[fmt.Sprintf(util.PodNicAnnotationTemplate, provider)] = util.SriovNicType
 		var patch []byte
 		patch, err = util.GenerateMergePatchPayload(oriPod, pod)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/const.go b/pkg/util/const.go
index 17f12566259..d401efa8369 100644
--- a/pkg/util/const.go
+++ b/pkg/util/const.go
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ const (
 
 	SRIOVResourceName = "mellanox.com/cx5_sriov_switchdev"
 
+	SriovNicType = "sriov"
+
 	InterconnectionConfig  = "ovn-ic-config"
 	ExternalGatewayConfig  = "ovn-external-gw-config"
 	InterconnectionSwitch  = "ts"