diff --git a/lisa/node.py b/lisa/node.py
index 53ce96c45b..1c3e140736 100644
--- a/lisa/node.py
+++ b/lisa/node.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from lisa.executable import Tools
 from lisa.feature import Features
 from lisa.nic import Nics, NicsBSD
-from lisa.operating_system import BSD, OperatingSystem
+from lisa.operating_system import OperatingSystem
 from lisa.secret import add_secret
 from lisa.tools import Chmod, Df, Echo, Lsblk, Mkfs, Mount, Reboot, Uname, Wsl
 from lisa.tools.mkfs import FileSystem
@@ -1215,7 +1215,10 @@ def create_nics(node: Node) -> Nics:
     """
     Returns a Nics object for the node based on the OS type.
     """
-    if isinstance(node.os, BSD):
+    # Uses uname instead of the node.os because sometimes node.os has not been
+    # populated when this is called.
+    os = node.execute(cmd="uname", no_error_log=True).stdout
+    if "FreeBSD" in os:
         return NicsBSD(node)
 
     return Nics(node)
diff --git a/microsoft/testsuites/core/provisioning.py b/microsoft/testsuites/core/provisioning.py
index e9d6ac6b8f..9e10451ff2 100644
--- a/microsoft/testsuites/core/provisioning.py
+++ b/microsoft/testsuites/core/provisioning.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     StartStop,
     Synthetic,
 )
-from lisa.nic import Nics
 from lisa.tools import Lspci
 from lisa.util import constants
 from lisa.util.shell import wait_tcp_port_ready
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ def is_mana_device_discovered(self, node: RemoteNode) -> bool:
         return all_mana_devices
 
     def check_sriov(self, log: Logger, node: RemoteNode) -> None:
-        node_nic_info = Nics(node)
+        node_nic_info = node.nics
         node_nic_info.initialize()
 
         network_interface_feature = node.features[NetworkInterface]