diff --git a/introspection/nm-manager.xml b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
index 0537e86533..1c29936285 100644
--- a/introspection/nm-manager.xml
+++ b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     <!--
         CheckpointCreate:
 
-        @devices: a list of device paths for which a checkpoint should be created. An empty list means all managed devices.
+        @devices: a list of device paths for which a checkpoint should be created. An empty list means all devices.
         @rollback_timeout: the time in seconds until NetworkManager will automatically rollback to the checkpoint. Set to zero for infinite.
         @flags: optional flags that influence the creation.
         @checkpoint: on success, returns the path of the checkpoint.
diff --git a/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c b/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
index 254dc31e3d..49e8b89595 100644
--- a/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-checkpoint-manager.c
@@ -145,19 +145,27 @@ nm_checkpoint_manager_create (NMCheckpointManager *self,
                               NMCheckpointCreateFlags flags,
                               GError **error)
 {
+	NMManager *manager;
 	NMCheckpoint *checkpoint;
 	const char * const *path;
 	gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *devices = NULL;
 	NMDevice *device;
 	const char *checkpoint_path;
+	gs_free const char **device_paths_free = NULL;
 	guint i;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (self, FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (!error || !*error, FALSE);
+	manager = GET_MANAGER (self);
+
+	if (!device_paths || !device_paths[0]) {
+		device_paths_free = nm_manager_get_device_paths (manager);
+		device_paths = (const char *const *) device_paths_free;
+	}
 
 	devices = g_ptr_array_new ();
 	for (path = device_paths; *path; path++) {
-		device = nm_manager_get_device_by_path (GET_MANAGER (self), *path);
+		device = nm_manager_get_device_by_path (manager, *path);
 		if (!device) {
 			g_set_error (error, NM_MANAGER_ERROR, NM_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN_DEVICE,
 			             "device %s does not exist", *path);
@@ -178,8 +186,7 @@ nm_checkpoint_manager_create (NMCheckpointManager *self,
 		}
 	}
 
-	checkpoint = nm_checkpoint_new (GET_MANAGER (self), devices,
-	                                rollback_timeout, error);
+	checkpoint = nm_checkpoint_new (manager, devices, rollback_timeout, error);
 	if (!checkpoint)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/nm-checkpoint.c b/src/nm-checkpoint.c
index 22360250bb..2d9e1f9455 100644
--- a/src/nm-checkpoint.c
+++ b/src/nm-checkpoint.c
@@ -288,29 +288,6 @@ nm_checkpoint_init (NMCheckpoint *self)
 	                                       NULL, device_checkpoint_destroy);
 }
 
-static void
-get_all_devices (NMManager *manager, GPtrArray *devices)
-{
-	const GSList *list, *iter;
-	NMDevice *dev;
-
-	list = nm_manager_get_devices (manager);
-
-	for (iter = list; iter; iter = g_slist_next (iter)) {
-		dev = iter->data;
-
-		if (!nm_device_is_real (dev))
-			continue;
-		if (nm_device_get_state (dev) <= NM_DEVICE_STATE_UNMANAGED)
-			continue;
-		/* We never touch assumed connections, unless told explicitly */
-		if (nm_device_uses_assumed_connection (dev))
-			continue;
-
-		g_ptr_array_add (devices, dev);
-	}
-}
-
 NMCheckpoint *
 nm_checkpoint_new (NMManager *manager, GPtrArray *devices, guint32 rollback_timeout,
                    GError **error)
@@ -325,9 +302,6 @@ nm_checkpoint_new (NMManager *manager, GPtrArray *devices, guint32 rollback_time
 	g_return_val_if_fail (devices, NULL);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (!error || !*error, NULL);
 
-	if (!devices->len)
-		get_all_devices (manager, devices);
-
 	if (!devices->len) {
 		g_set_error_literal (error,
 		                     NM_MANAGER_ERROR,