diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-device.c b/src/libudev/libudev-device.c
index d61a2ad8f4..2699374072 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-device.c
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-device.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ _public_ dev_t udev_device_get_devnum(struct udev_device *udev_device)
         return udev_device->devnum;
 }
 
-static int udev_device_set_devnum(struct udev_device *udev_device, dev_t devnum)
+int udev_device_set_devnum(struct udev_device *udev_device, dev_t devnum)
 {
         char num[32];
 
diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-private.h b/src/libudev/libudev-private.h
index 2f74bc0883..7e11f7326d 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-private.h
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-private.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ uid_t udev_device_get_devnode_uid(struct udev_device *udev_device);
 gid_t udev_device_get_devnode_gid(struct udev_device *udev_device);
 int udev_device_set_subsystem(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *subsystem);
 int udev_device_set_syspath(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *syspath);
+int udev_device_set_devnum(struct udev_device *udev_device, dev_t devnum);
 int udev_device_add_devlink(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *devlink);
 void udev_device_cleanup_devlinks_list(struct udev_device *udev_device);
 struct udev_list_entry *udev_device_add_property(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *key, const char *value);
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-event.c b/src/udev/udev-event.c
index dc1f682bfe..30a6708901 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-event.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-event.c
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ void udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event,
                 if (event->dev_db != NULL) {
                         udev_device_set_syspath(event->dev_db, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
                         udev_device_set_subsystem(event->dev_db, udev_device_get_subsystem(dev));
+                        udev_device_set_devnum(event->dev_db, udev_device_get_devnum(dev));
                         udev_device_read_db(event->dev_db, NULL);
                         udev_device_set_info_loaded(event->dev_db);