manager->inotify_event = sd_event_source_disable_unref(manager->inotify_event);
manager->inotify_fd = safe_close(manager->inotify_fd);
- manager->monitor = sd_device_monitor_unref(manager->monitor);
+ /* Disable the device monitor but do not free device monitor, as it may be used when a worker failed,
+ * and the manager needs to broadcast the kernel event assigned to the worker to libudev listeners.
+ * Note, hwere we cannot use sd_device_monitor_stop(), as it changes the multicast group of the socket. */
+ (void) sd_event_source_set_enabled(sd_device_monitor_get_event_source(manager->monitor), SD_EVENT_OFF);
+ (void) sd_device_monitor_detach_event(manager->monitor);
/* discard queued events and kill workers */
event_queue_cleanup(manager, EVENT_QUEUED);