diff --git a/src/nm-policy.c b/src/nm-policy.c
index 9b2bcd209c..3eead414be 100644
--- a/src/nm-policy.c
+++ b/src/nm-policy.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,10 @@ nm_policy_new (NMManager *manager,
 	memset (hostname, 0, sizeof (hostname));
 	if (gethostname (&hostname[0], HOST_NAME_MAX) == 0) {
 		/* only cache it if it's a valid hostname */
-		if (strlen (hostname) && strcmp (hostname, "localhost") && strcmp (hostname, "localhost.localdomain"))
+		if (   strlen (hostname)
+		    && strcmp (hostname, "localhost")
+		    && strcmp (hostname, "localhost.localdomain")
+		    && strcmp (hostname, "(none)"))
 			policy->orig_hostname = g_strdup (hostname);
 	}