udev_monitor->udev = udev;
 
        udev_monitor->sun.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
-       if (udev_monitor->sun.sun_path[0] == '@') {
+       if (socket_path[0] == '@') {
                /* translate leading '@' to abstract namespace */
                util_strlcpy(udev_monitor->sun.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(udev_monitor->sun.sun_path));
                udev_monitor->sun.sun_path[0] = '\0';
                udev_monitor->addrlen = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + strlen(socket_path);
-       } else if (stat(udev_monitor->sun.sun_path, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISSOCK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
+       } else if (stat(socket_path, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISSOCK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
                /* existing socket file */
                util_strlcpy(udev_monitor->sun.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(udev_monitor->sun.sun_path));
                udev_monitor->addrlen = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + strlen(socket_path);
        char cred_msg[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred))];
        char buf[4096];
        size_t bufpos;
+       int devpath_set = 0;
        int maj = 0;
        int min = 0;
 
                        util_strlcpy(path, udev_get_sys_path(udev_monitor->udev), sizeof(path));
                        util_strlcat(path, &key[8], sizeof(path));
                        udev_device_set_syspath(udev_device, path);
+                       devpath_set = 1;
                } else if (strncmp(key, "SUBSYSTEM=", 10) == 0) {
                        udev_device_set_subsystem(udev_device, &key[10]);
                } else if (strncmp(key, "DEVNAME=", 8) == 0) {
                        continue;
                udev_device_add_property_from_string(udev_device, key);
        }
+       if (!devpath_set) {
+               udev_device_unref(udev_device);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
        udev_device_set_devnum(udev_device, makedev(maj, min));
 
        udev_device_set_info_loaded(udev_device);
        bufpos = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s@%s", action, udev_device_get_devpath(udev_device));
        bufpos++;
        udev_list_entry_foreach(list_entry, udev_device_get_properties_list_entry(udev_device)) {
-               bufpos += util_strlcpy(&buf[bufpos],
-                                      udev_list_entry_get_name(list_entry),
-                                      sizeof(buf) - bufpos);
+               bufpos += snprintf(&buf[bufpos], sizeof(buf) - bufpos, "%s=%s",
+                                  udev_list_entry_get_name(list_entry),
+                                  udev_list_entry_get_value(list_entry));
                bufpos++;
        }
        count = sendto(udev_monitor->sock,