diff --git a/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c b/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
index 359dfdd67..f1441f5d8 100644
--- a/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
+++ b/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static int _start_daemon(char *dmeventd_path, struct dm_event_fifos *fifos)
 		if (close(fifos->client))
 			log_sys_debug("close", fifos->client_path);
 		return 1;
-	} else if (errno != ENXIO) {
+	} else if (errno != ENXIO && errno != ENOENT)  {
 		/* problem */
 		log_sys_error("open", fifos->client_path);
 		return 0;