diff --git a/src/core/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c b/src/core/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
index b31370b15a..7c0e329e2d 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
+++ b/src/core/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ nms_keyfile_utils_check_file_permissions_stat(NMSKeyfileFiletype filetype,
         g_return_val_if_reached(FALSE);
 
     if (!NM_FLAGS_HAS(nm_utils_get_testing(), NM_UTILS_TEST_NO_KEYFILE_OWNER_CHECK)) {
-        if (st->st_uid != nm_utils_get_nm_uid()) {
+        if (!NM_IN_SET(st->st_uid, 0, nm_utils_get_nm_uid())) {
             g_set_error(error,
                         NM_SETTINGS_ERROR,
                         NM_SETTINGS_ERROR_INVALID_CONNECTION,