diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOracle.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOracle.py
index e199feba..5abc3dbd 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOracle.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOracle.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def _add_network_config_from_opc_imds(self, set_primary: bool = False):
                 # Are there plans to switch to v2?
                 interface_config = {
                     "mtu": MTU,
-                    "match": {"macaddress": mac_address},
+                    "match": {"name": name},
                     "dhcp6": False,
                     "dhcp4": is_primary,
                 }
diff --git a/tests/unittests/sources/test_oracle.py b/tests/unittests/sources/test_oracle.py
index 89de4e68..e5a4b1f2 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/sources/test_oracle.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/sources/test_oracle.py
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ def test_secondary_nic_v2_ipv6_only(self, set_primary, oracle_ds):
 
             assert primary_cfg["dhcp4"] is False
             assert primary_cfg["dhcp6"] is True
-            assert "02:00:17:0d:6b:be" == primary_cfg["match"]["macaddress"]
             assert 9000 == primary_cfg["mtu"]
             assert "addresses" not in primary_cfg
 
@@ -616,7 +615,6 @@ def test_secondary_nic_v2_ipv6_only(self, set_primary, oracle_ds):
         secondary_cfg = nic_cfg["ens4"]
         assert secondary_cfg["dhcp4"] is False
         assert secondary_cfg["dhcp6"] is False
-        assert "02:00:17:18:f6:ff" == secondary_cfg["match"]["macaddress"]
         assert 9000 == secondary_cfg["mtu"]
 
         assert 1 == len(secondary_cfg["addresses"])