Check the boolean result of nm_platform_link_get_unmanaged, and if it fails, assume the device is unmanaged. --- NetworkManager-1.0.4/src/devices/nm-device.c 2015-07-14 12:31:56.000000000 -0400 +++ NetworkManager-1.0.4/src/devices/nm-device.c 2015-07-26 19:49:07.004024031 -0400 @@ -1131,7 +1131,8 @@ * Currently it can happen that NM deletes 127.0.0.1 address. */ nm_device_set_initial_unmanaged_flag (self, NM_UNMANAGED_DEFAULT, TRUE); } else if (priv->platform_link_initialized || (priv->is_nm_owned && nm_device_is_software (self))) { - nm_platform_link_get_unmanaged (NM_PLATFORM_GET, priv->ifindex, &platform_unmanaged); + if (!nm_platform_link_get_unmanaged (NM_PLATFORM_GET, priv->ifindex, &platform_unmanaged)) + platform_unmanaged = TRUE; nm_device_set_initial_unmanaged_flag (self, NM_UNMANAGED_DEFAULT, platform_unmanaged); } else { /* Hardware and externally-created software links stay unmanaged