diff --git a/net/modemmanager/Makefile b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
index a79f65f67777c3..b6063fb85269a8 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/Makefile
+++ b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=modemmanager
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1.20.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager.git
diff --git a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
index 6367eb32bb5118..a931717fd7588f 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
+++ b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ mm_report_event() {
 	local subsystem="$3"
 	local sysfspath="$4"
 
+	# Do not save virtual devices
+	local virtual
+	virtual="$(echo "$sysfspath" | cut -d'/' -f4)"
+	[ "$virtual" = "virtual" ] && {
+		mm_log "debug" "sysfspath is a virtual device ($sysfspath)"
+		return
+	}
+
 	# Track/untrack events in cache
 	case "${action}" in
 		"add")