diff --git a/src/devices/adsl/nm-atm-manager.c b/src/devices/adsl/nm-atm-manager.c
index b6fd5e74ec..e463c09b77 100644
--- a/src/devices/adsl/nm-atm-manager.c
+++ b/src/devices/adsl/nm-atm-manager.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ nm_atm_manager_init(NMAtmManager *self)
 {
     NMAtmManagerPrivate *priv = NM_ATM_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE(self);
 
-    priv->udev_client = nm_udev_client_new((const char *[]){"atm", NULL}, handle_uevent, self);
+    priv->udev_client = nm_udev_client_new(NM_MAKE_STRV("atm"), handle_uevent, self);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/nm-rfkill-manager.c b/src/nm-rfkill-manager.c
index c6febe2e81..0d396ff57e 100644
--- a/src/nm-rfkill-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-rfkill-manager.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ nm_rfkill_manager_init(NMRfkillManager *self)
     for (i = 0; i < RFKILL_TYPE_MAX; i++)
         priv->rfkill_states[i] = RFKILL_UNBLOCKED;
 
-    priv->udev_client = nm_udev_client_new((const char *[]){"rfkill", NULL}, handle_uevent, self);
+    priv->udev_client = nm_udev_client_new(NM_MAKE_STRV("rfkill"), handle_uevent, self);
 
     enumerate = nm_udev_client_enumerate_new(priv->udev_client);
     udev_enumerate_scan_devices(enumerate);
diff --git a/src/platform/tests/test-nmp-object.c b/src/platform/tests/test-nmp-object.c
index 4a48555906..866609af4d 100644
--- a/src/platform/tests/test-nmp-object.c
+++ b/src/platform/tests/test-nmp-object.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     nmtst_init_assert_logging(&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
-    udev_client = nm_udev_client_new((const char *[]){"net", NULL}, NULL, NULL);
+    udev_client = nm_udev_client_new(NM_MAKE_STRV("net"), NULL, NULL);
     {
         struct udev_enumerate * enumerator;
         struct udev_list_entry *devices, *l;