diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
index 8fb68154b4..d4e3cf704f 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
@@ -162,14 +162,15 @@ nm_ifcfg_connection_check_devtimeout (NMIfcfgConnection *self)
 	filename = nm_settings_connection_get_filename (NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (self));
 	if (!filename)
 		return;
-	devtimeout = devtimeout_from_file (filename);
-	if (!devtimeout)
-		return;
 
 	pllink = nm_platform_link_get_by_ifname (NM_PLATFORM_GET, ifname);
 	if (pllink && pllink->initialized)
 		return;
 
+	devtimeout = devtimeout_from_file (filename);
+	if (!devtimeout)
+		return;
+
 	/* ONBOOT=yes, DEVICE and DEVTIMEOUT are set, but device is not present */
 	nm_settings_connection_set_ready (NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (self), FALSE);