diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
index d31526fc222..7a346257dfb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ _public_ int sd_device_trigger_with_uuid(
 
 _public_ int sd_device_open(sd_device *device, int flags) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1, fd2 = -1;
-        const char *devname, *subsystem = NULL;
+        const char *devname, *subsystem = NULL, *val = NULL;
         uint64_t q, diskseq = 0;
         struct stat st;
         dev_t devnum;
@@ -2306,10 +2306,6 @@ _public_ int sd_device_open(sd_device *device, int flags) {
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
                 return r;
 
-        r = sd_device_get_diskseq(device, &diskseq);
-        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                return r;
-
         fd = open(devname, FLAGS_SET(flags, O_PATH) ? flags : O_CLOEXEC|O_NOFOLLOW|O_PATH);
         if (fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
@@ -2327,6 +2323,16 @@ _public_ int sd_device_open(sd_device *device, int flags) {
         if (FLAGS_SET(flags, O_PATH))
                 return TAKE_FD(fd);
 
+        r = sd_device_get_property_value(device, "ID_IGNORE_DISKSEQ", &val);
+        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
+                return r;
+
+        if (!val || parse_boolean(val) <= 0) {
+                r = sd_device_get_diskseq(device, &diskseq);
+                if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         fd2 = open(FORMAT_PROC_FD_PATH(fd), flags);
         if (fd2 < 0)
                 return -errno;