diff --git a/plugins/pidfile.c b/plugins/pidfile.c
index 59795ad3..8ca5ca6c 100644
--- a/plugins/pidfile.c
+++ b/plugins/pidfile.c
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static void pidfile_update_conds(char *dir, char *name, uint32_t mask)
 	}
 
 	dbg("Found svc %s for %s with pid %d", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), fn, svc->pid);
+	if (svc->notify != SVC_NOTIFY_PID) {
+		dbg("svc %s does not use PID readiness notification, skipping.", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0));
+		return;
+	}
 	mkcond(svc, cond, sizeof(cond));
 
 	if (mask & (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_ATTRIB | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO)) {
diff --git a/system/10-hotplug.conf.in b/system/10-hotplug.conf.in
index 603a490f..49ea081b 100644
--- a/system/10-hotplug.conf.in
+++ b/system/10-hotplug.conf.in
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ service nowarn [S12345789] cgroup.system name:udevd notify:none pid:udevd log ud
 
 # Wait for udevd to start, then trigger coldplug events and module loading.
 # The last 'settle' call waits for it to finalize processing all uevents.
-run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :1 [S] <pid/udevd> log udevadm settle -t 0                  --
-run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :2 [S] <pid/udevd> log udevadm control --reload             --
-run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :3 [S] <pid/udevd> log udevadm trigger -c add -t devices    -- Requesting device events
-run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :4 [S] <pid/udevd> log udevadm trigger -c add -t subsystems -- Requesting subsystem events
-run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :5 [S] <pid/udevd> log udevadm settle -t 30                 -- Waiting for udev to finish
+run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :1 [S] <service/udevd/ready> log udevadm settle -t 0                  --
+run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :2 [S] <service/udevd/ready> log udevadm control --reload             --
+run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :3 [S] <service/udevd/ready> log udevadm trigger -c add -t devices    -- Requesting device events
+run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :4 [S] <service/udevd/ready> log udevadm trigger -c add -t subsystems -- Requesting subsystem events
+run nowarn if:udevd cgroup.init :5 [S] <service/udevd/ready> log udevadm settle -t 30                 -- Waiting for udev to finish
 
 # If udevd is not available, check for mdevd.  Unlike plain 'mdev -df', the
 # mdevd-coldplug process exits when mdevd has completed.  So the condition