diff --git a/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md b/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
index bc5db467..68deb944 100644
--- a/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
+++ b/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ identified with a specific icon:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- 💥 *inlet*: in SNMP metadata provider, prefer ifAlias over ifDescr for interface description
 - 🌱 *build*: minimal Go version to build is now 1.23
 - 🌱 *orchestrator*: ability to override ClickHouse or Kafka configuration in some components
 
diff --git a/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go b/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
index ba23b057..b43b2ca0 100644
--- a/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
+++ b/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ func (p *Provider) Poll(ctx context.Context, exporter, agent netip.Addr, port ui
 				// If we have ifName, use ifDescr if it is different and ifAlias
 				// is not. Otherwise, keep description empty.
 				name = ifNameVal
-				if okDescr && ifDescrVal != ifNameVal {
-					description = ifDescrVal
-				} else if okAlias {
+				if okAlias && ifAliasVal != ifNameVal {
 					description = ifAliasVal
+				} else if okDescr && ifDescrVal != ifNameVal {
+					description = ifDescrVal
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Don't handle the other case yet. It would be unexpected to
diff --git a/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller_test.go b/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller_test.go
index 97db4a37..4cd40309 100644
--- a/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller_test.go
+++ b/inlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller_test.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestPoller(t *testing.T) {
 								OID:  "1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.18.645",
 								Type: gosnmp.OctetString,
 								OnGet: func() (interface{}, error) {
-									return "GigabitEthernet-something", nil
+									return "Gi0/0/0/5", nil
 								},
 							},
 						},