diff --git a/package/yast2-network.changes b/package/yast2-network.changes
index 6edd159d7..ab85a73d3 100644
--- a/package/yast2-network.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-network.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Thu Nov  6 10:48:55 UTC 2014 - mfilka@suse.com
 
 - adopted to new device type detection API provided by yast2
+- fixed problem with not matching udev rule (bnc#551310)
 - 2.17.199.1
 
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diff --git a/src/modules/LanItems.ycp b/src/modules/LanItems.ycp
index 39280c5ff..a56a44fb4 100644
--- a/src/modules/LanItems.ycp
+++ b/src/modules/LanItems.ycp
@@ -289,9 +289,27 @@ boolean ReadUdevDriverRules(){
  return true;
 }
 
+list<string> getUdevFallback(){
+  list<string> udev_rules = getCurrentItem()["udev", "net"]:[];
+  if (size(udev_rules)==0){
+    udev_rules = [
+             "SUBSYSTEM==\"net\"",
+             "ACTION==\"add\"",
+             "DRIVERS==\"?*\"",
+             sformat("ATTR{address}==\"%1\"", getCurrentItem()["hwinfo", "mac"]:""),
+             "ATTR{type}==\"1\"",
+             "KERNEL==\"eth*\"",
+             sformat("NAME=\"%1\"", getCurrentItem()["ifcfg"]:"")
+	];
+	y2error("No Udev rules found, create new as fallback: %1", udev_rules);
+  }
+  return udev_rules;
+}
+
 global string GetItemUdev(string key){
  string value="";
- foreach(string row, Items[current, "udev", "net"]:[], {
+
+ foreach(string row, getUdevFallback(), {
   if(issubstring(row, key)){
 
    list items = filter(string s, splitstring(row, "="), { return (size(s)>0); });