diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-system-metrics/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/system/host/HostMetricsCollector.scala b/instrumentation/kamon-system-metrics/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/system/host/HostMetricsCollector.scala
index 4fb370f57..b215998a1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-system-metrics/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/system/host/HostMetricsCollector.scala
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-system-metrics/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/system/host/HostMetricsCollector.scala
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class HostMetricsCollector(ec: ExecutionContext) extends ScheduledAction {
 
       interfaces.asScala.foreach(interface => {
         if (_settings.trackedInterfaces.accept(interface.getName)) {
+          interface.updateAttributes()
           val interfaceInstruments = _networkActivityInstruments.interfaceInstruments(interface.getName)
           interfaceInstruments.receivedBytes.diff(interface.getBytesRecv)
           interfaceInstruments.sentBytes.diff(interface.getBytesSent)