diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessage.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessage.java
index c19a124046..5d49fa33d3 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessage.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessage.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import static com.android.net.module.util.NetworkStackConstants.ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.IFF_UP;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.RTM_GETLINK;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.RTM_NEWLINK;
-import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr.NLM_F_REQUEST;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr.NLM_F_REQUEST_ACK;
 
 import android.net.MacAddress;
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ public class RtNetlinkLinkMessage extends NetlinkMessage {
         }
 
         return RtNetlinkLinkMessage.build(
-                new StructNlMsgHdr(0, RTM_GETLINK, NLM_F_REQUEST, sequenceNumber),
+                new StructNlMsgHdr(0, RTM_GETLINK, NLM_F_REQUEST_ACK, sequenceNumber),
                 new StructIfinfoMsg((short) AF_UNSPEC, (short) 0, interfaceIndex, 0, 0),
                 DEFAULT_MTU, null, null);
     }
diff --git a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessageTest.java b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessageTest.java
index 13710b1266..08cab03b36 100644
--- a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessageTest.java
+++ b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/RtNetlinkLinkMessageTest.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class RtNetlinkLinkMessageTest {
     @Test
     public void testCreateGetLinkMessage() {
         final String expectedHexBytes =
-                "20000000120001006824000000000000"    // struct nlmsghdr
+                "20000000120005006824000000000000"    // struct nlmsghdr
                 + "00000000080000000000000000000000"; // struct ifinfomsg
         final String interfaceName = "wlan0";
         final int interfaceIndex = 8;