diff --git a/src/shared/udev-util.c b/src/shared/udev-util.c
index 19d823c11d3..4be9d7106c0 100644
--- a/src/shared/udev-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/udev-util.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int device_wait_for_initialization(sd_device *device, const char *subsystem, sd_
 
         /* Wait until the device is initialized, so that we can get access to the ID_PATH property */
 
-        r = sd_event_default(&event);
+        r = sd_event_new(&event);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to get default event: %m");