diff --git a/src/udev/udev-event.c b/src/udev/udev-event.c
index 3f0e11d509..11531236ce 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-event.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-event.c
@@ -1058,10 +1058,7 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(
 
         device_set_is_initialized(dev);
 
-        /* Yes, we run update_devnode() twice, because in the first invocation, that is before update of udev database,
-         * it could happen that two contenders are replacing each other's symlink. Hence we run it again to make sure
-         * symlinks point to devices that claim them with the highest priority. */
-        return update_devnode(event);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 void udev_event_execute_run(UdevEvent *event, usec_t timeout_usec, int timeout_signal) {
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-node.c b/src/udev/udev-node.c
index 675e6ce313..bb551d86b0 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-node.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-node.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int link_update(sd_device *dev, const char *slink_in, bool add) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *slink = NULL, *dirname = NULL;
         const char *slink_name;
         char name_enc[NAME_MAX+1];
-        int i, r, retries;
+        int r;
 
         assert(dev);
         assert(slink_in);
@@ -443,11 +443,7 @@ static int link_update(sd_device *dev, const char *slink_in, bool add) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* If the database entry is not written yet we will just do one iteration and possibly wrong symlink
-         * will be fixed in the second invocation. */
-        retries = sd_device_get_is_initialized(dev) > 0 ? LINK_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES : 1;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < retries; i++) {
+        for (unsigned i = 0; i < LINK_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES; i++) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *target = NULL;
                 struct stat st1 = {}, st2 = {};
 
@@ -472,7 +468,7 @@ static int link_update(sd_device *dev, const char *slink_in, bool add) {
                                 log_device_debug_errno(dev, errno, "Failed to remove '%s', ignoring: %m", slink);
 
                         (void) rmdir_parents(slink, "/dev");
-                        break;
+                        return 0;
                 }
 
                 r = node_symlink(dev, target, slink);
@@ -487,7 +483,7 @@ static int link_update(sd_device *dev, const char *slink_in, bool add) {
                         return 0;
         }
 
-        return i < LINK_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES ? 0 : -ELOOP;
+        return -ELOOP;
 }
 
 static int device_get_devpath_by_devnum(sd_device *dev, char **ret) {