diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b2a8918a3..8f8daf068 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/Mellanox/rdmamap v1.0.0
+	github.com/Mellanox/sriovnet v1.0.2
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/jaypipes/ghw v0.6.0
 	github.com/jaypipes/pcidb v0.5.0
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
+	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.28.1
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.18.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7eeb1f57f..828414700 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.5.0/go.mod h1:r/s2XiOKccPW3HrqB+W0TQzfbt
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/Mellanox/rdmamap v1.0.0 h1:5OQX6n85GDKetHP9wBqxy/0Ce2+taRg+4nSTsNOCyKQ=
 github.com/Mellanox/rdmamap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:fN+/V9lf10ABnDCwTaXRjeeWijLt2iVLETnK+sx/LY8=
+github.com/Mellanox/sriovnet v1.0.2 h1:VTQHD7OHU6QejTtclt5a2obDfsW1ATRxTCgZmsiKmXI=
+github.com/Mellanox/sriovnet v1.0.2/go.mod h1:pXdSZwahlvP0Xn8nuXcVthBE38Nqf2czo449p5ALLXY=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.0.0/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 h1:Hsa8mG0dQ46ij8Sl2AYJDUv1oA9/d6Vk+3LG99Oe02g=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20181206194817-3ea8567a2e57/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client v1.1.1-0.20
 github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client v1.1.1-0.20201119153432-9d213757d22d/go.mod h1:+1DpV8uIwteAhxNO0lgRox8gHkTG6w3OeDfAlg+qqjA=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:FFnZGqtBN9Gxj7eW1uZ42v5BccTP0vu6NEaFoC2HwRg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -139,12 +143,16 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 h1:R1uwffexN6Pr340GtYRIdZmAiN4J+iw6WG4wog1DUXg=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0/go.mod h1:Ho0h+IUsWyvy1OpqCwxlQ/21gkhVunqlU8fDGcoTdcA=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.1/go.mod h1:lYOWFsE0bwd1+KfKJaKeuokY15vzFx25BLbzYYoAxZI=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2/go.mod h1:9ZxEEn6pIJ8Rxe320qSDBk6AsU0r9pR7Q4OcevTdifk=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.4.1 h1:asw9sl74539yqavKaglDM5hFpdJVK0Y5Dr/JOgQ89nQ=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v0.0.0-20170130214245-9ff6c6923cff/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
@@ -163,10 +171,12 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7Zo
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.0/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190211182817-74369b46fc67/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190611184440-5c40567a22f8/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190820162420-60c769a6c586/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 h1:psW17arqaxU48Z5kZ0CQnkZWQJsqcURM6tKiBApRjXI=
@@ -176,8 +186,11 @@ golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTk
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190301231843-5614ed5bae6f/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
+golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzBzNggFXnrqF1CaUcvgkdR5Ot7KZg=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20170114055629-f2499483f923/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -205,6 +218,7 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190227155943-e225da77a7e6/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20170830134202-bb24a47a89ea/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
@@ -242,8 +256,10 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190614205625-5aca471b1d59/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgw
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190920225731-5eefd052ad72/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190930201159-7c411dea38b0/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.7/go.mod h1:LGqMHiF4EqQNHR1JncWGqT5BVaXmza+X+BDGol+dOxo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/pkg/utils/mocks/SriovnetOps.go b/pkg/utils/mocks/SriovnetOps.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85c8ff01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/mocks/SriovnetOps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Code generated by mockery v2.9.4. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package mocks
+
+import mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+
+// SriovnetOps is an autogenerated mock type for the SriovnetOps type
+type SriovnetOps struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+// GetUplinkRepresentor provides a mock function with given fields: vfPciAddress
+func (_m *SriovnetOps) GetUplinkRepresentor(vfPciAddress string) (string, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(vfPciAddress)
+
+	var r0 string
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(string) string); ok {
+		r0 = rf(vfPciAddress)
+	} else {
+		r0 = ret.Get(0).(string)
+	}
+
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(string) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(vfPciAddress)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/sriovnet_ops.go b/pkg/utils/sriovnet_ops.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9b6f015e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/sriovnet_ops.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Mellanox/sriovnet"
+)
+
+// SriovnetOps is a wrapper type over sriovnet library
+type SriovnetOps interface {
+	GetUplinkRepresentor(vfPciAddress string) (string, error)
+}
+
+type defaultSriovnetOps struct {
+}
+
+var sriovnetOps SriovnetOps = &defaultSriovnetOps{}
+
+// SetSriovnetOpsInst method would be used by unit tests in other packages
+func SetSriovnetOpsInst(mockInst SriovnetOps) {
+	sriovnetOps = mockInst
+}
+
+// GetSriovnetOps will be invoked by functions in other packages that would need access to the sriovnet library methods.
+func GetSriovnetOps() SriovnetOps {
+	return sriovnetOps
+}
+
+func (defaultSriovnetOps) GetUplinkRepresentor(vfPciAddress string) (string, error) {
+	return sriovnet.GetUplinkRepresentor(vfPciAddress)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 34f9c4139..ed72a2dd8 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ func GetPfName(pciAddr string) (string, error) {
 		}
 		return "", err
 	} else if len(files) > 0 {
-		return files[0].Name(), nil
+		name, err := GetSriovnetOps().GetUplinkRepresentor(pciAddr)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return files[0].Name(), err
+		}
+
+		return name, nil
 	}
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("the PF name is not found for device %s", pciAddr)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
index 45dfca867..c18a920b6 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-device-plugin/pkg/utils/mocks"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/extensions/table"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -397,6 +398,12 @@ var _ = Describe("In the utils package", func() {
 
 	DescribeTable("getting PF names",
 		func(fs *FakeFilesystem, device string, expected string, shouldFail bool) {
+			fakeSriovnetOps := mocks.SriovnetOps{}
+			fakeSriovnetOps.
+				On("GetUplinkRepresentor", "0000:01:10.0").
+				Return("fakePF", nil)
+			SetSriovnetOpsInst(&fakeSriovnetOps)
+
 			defer fs.Use()()
 			actual, err := GetPfName(device)
 			Expect(actual).To(Equal(expected))