diff --git a/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c b/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
index fb9c9c6963..a76a877589 100644
--- a/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
+++ b/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
@@ -380,11 +380,14 @@ teamd_dbus_appeared (GDBusConnection *connection,
 			if (pid != priv->teamd_pid)
 				teamd_cleanup (self, FALSE);
 		} else {
-			_LOGW (LOGD_TEAM, "failed to determine D-Bus name owner");
-			/* If we can't determine the bus name owner, don't kill our
-			 * teamd instance. Hopefully another existing teamd just died and
-			 * our instance will be able to grab the bus name.
-			 */
+			/* The process that registered on the bus died. If it's
+			 * the teamd instance we just started, ignore the event
+			 * as we already detect the failure through the process
+			 * watch. If it's a previous instance that got killed,
+			 * also ignore that as our new instance will register
+			 * again. */
+			_LOGD (LOGD_TEAM, "failed to determine D-Bus name owner, ignoring");
+			return;
 		}
 	}