diff --git a/src/udev/udev-event.c b/src/udev/udev-event.c
index 2f4db3cc0..33ed47763 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-event.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-event.c
@@ -797,8 +797,10 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules,
                 if (major(udev_device_get_devnum(dev)) != 0)
                         udev_node_remove(dev);
         } else {
-                event->dev_db = udev_device_new_from_syspath(event->udev, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
+                event->dev_db = udev_device_new(event->udev);
                 if (event->dev_db != NULL) {
+                        udev_device_set_syspath(event->dev_db, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
+                        udev_device_set_subsystem(event->dev_db, udev_device_get_subsystem(dev));
                         udev_device_read_db(event->dev_db, NULL);
                         udev_device_set_info_loaded(event->dev_db);