diff --git a/centreon-plugins/hardware/server/hp/ilo/xmlapi/mode/components/nic.pm b/centreon-plugins/hardware/server/hp/ilo/xmlapi/mode/components/nic.pm
index 58fc337b9..684d6c788 100644
--- a/centreon-plugins/hardware/server/hp/ilo/xmlapi/mode/components/nic.pm
+++ b/centreon-plugins/hardware/server/hp/ilo/xmlapi/mode/components/nic.pm
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ sub check {
     #      </NIC>
    foreach my $result (@{$self->{xml_result}->{GET_EMBEDDED_HEALTH_DATA}->{NIC_INFORMATION}->{NIC}}) {
         my $instance = $result->{NETWORK_PORT}->{VALUE};
+        $instance = $result->{PORT_DESCRIPTION}->{VALUE} . '.' . $instance
+            if (defined($result->{PORT_DESCRIPTION}->{VALUE}));
             
         next if ($self->check_filter(section => 'nic', instance => $instance));
         next if ($result->{STATUS}->{VALUE} =~ /not installed|n\/a|not present|not applicable/i &&
@@ -62,4 +64,4 @@ sub check {
     }
 }
 
-1;
\ No newline at end of file
+1;