diff --git a/src/udev/udev-manager.c b/src/udev/udev-manager.c
index b204b9abfb..d218b8bef7 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-manager.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-manager.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,11 @@ static int on_post(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        /* Check whether there are uevents not received yet. If so, we will soon receive them. Do not remove
+         * the queue file and do not kill workers. */
+        if (sd_event_source_get_pending(sd_device_monitor_get_event_source(manager->monitor)) != 0)
+                return 0;
+
         (void) manager_unlink_queue_file(manager);
         (void) manager_reset_kill_workers_timer(manager);
 
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-manager.h b/src/udev/udev-manager.h
index 1b5db6e3b6..9ff81acd9f 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-manager.h
+++ b/src/udev/udev-manager.h
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@
  * inotify event source stopped as soon as possible when the signal is received. Otherwise, we may continue
  * receive events that needs to be serialized anyway. */
 #define EVENT_PRIORITY_SIGTERM        (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 6)
-/* This must have a higher priority than the inotify event source, to make 'remove' uevent received earlier
- * than IN_IGNORED inotify event. */
-#define EVENT_PRIORITY_DEVICE_MONITOR (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 5)
 /* This must have a higher priority than the worker notification, to make IN_IGNORED event received earlier
  * than notifications about requests of adding/removing inotify watches. */
-#define EVENT_PRIORITY_INOTIFY_WATCH  (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 4)
+#define EVENT_PRIORITY_INOTIFY_WATCH  (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 5)
 /* This must have a higher priority than the worker exit event, to make notifications about completions of
  * processing events received before exit. */
-#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_NOTIFY  (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 3)
+#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_NOTIFY  (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 4)
 /* This should have a higher priority than timer events about killing long running worker processes or idle
  * worker processes. */
-#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_EXIT    (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 2)
-/* As said in the above, this should have a lower proority than the exit event source. */
-#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_TIMER   (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1)
+#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_EXIT    (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 3)
+/* As mentioned above, this should have a lower priority than the exit event source. */
+#define EVENT_PRIORITY_WORKER_TIMER   (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 2)
+/* This must have a lower priority than the worker event source. Otherwise, flood of uevents delays worker
+ * sigchld events or notifications, and workers will not continue to process events. */
+#define EVENT_PRIORITY_DEVICE_MONITOR (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1)
 /* This should have a lower priority than most event sources, but let's process earlier than varlink and the
  * legacy control socket. */
 #define EVENT_PRIORITY_SIGHUP         (SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL + 1)