diff --git a/plugins/udevng.c b/plugins/udevng.c
index 3c7d99e7..348b198a 100644
--- a/plugins/udevng.c
+++ b/plugins/udevng.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,11 @@ static gboolean check_remove(gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer user_data)
 	for (list = modem->devices; list; list = list->next) {
 		struct device_info *info = list->data;
 
+		/* ignore net subsystem to allow the device to be given into
+		 * an lxc container */
+		if (g_strcmp0(info->subsystem, "net") == 0)
+			continue;
+
 		if (g_strcmp0(info->devpath, devpath) == 0)
 			return TRUE;
 	}