Improved extract from udev.log showing the DEVPATH_OLD values: $ egrep -A 3 'move.*(eth|rename)[[:digit:]]' /var/log/udev KERNEL[19.167867] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth2 -- KERNEL[19.449910] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth4 -- KERNEL[19.472417] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth0 -- KERNEL[19.488425] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth4 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth4 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth3 -- KERNEL[19.504160] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth0 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth0 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 -- KERNEL[19.528341] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth3 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth3 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6 -- UDEV [26.859211] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth2 -- UDEV [26.878494] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth4 -- UDEV [26.880061] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth0 -- UDEV [26.881605] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth4 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth4 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth3 -- UDEV [26.883240] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth0 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/eth0 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/net/rename4 -- UDEV [26.884382] move /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth3 (net) ACTION=move DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/eth3 DEVPATH_OLD=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.1/net/rename6