diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 76ca16f306..0723bf3099 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -5698,8 +5698,11 @@ continue_reading:
 
 		event_seq_check (platform, msg, seq_result);
 
-		if (abort_parsing)
+		if (abort_parsing) {
+			if (!handle_events)
+				goto continue_reading;
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		err = 0;
 		hdr = nlmsg_next (hdr, &n);