diff --git a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
index 0abd4b8041..ea64f3404f 100644
--- a/namedev.c
+++ b/namedev.c
@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ static int do_replace(struct sysfs_class_device *class_dev, struct udevice *udev
 			continue;
 
 		dbg_parse("compare name '%s' with '%s'",
-			  dev->kernel_name, dev->name);
-		if (strcmp(dev->kernel_name, class_dev->name) != 0)
+			  dev->kernel_name, class_dev->name);
+		if (strncmp_wildcard(class_dev->name, dev->kernel_name, NAME_SIZE) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		strfieldcpy(udev->name, dev->name);
diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index 3f48de8f3e..8b967c353c 100644
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ EOF
 		expected => "boot_disk1" ,
 		conf     => <<EOF
 LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="IBM-ESXS", NAME="boot_disk%n"
+EOF
+	},
+	{
+		desc     => "catch device by wildcard",
+		subsys   => "tty",
+		devpath  => "class/tty/ttyUSB0",
+		expected => "visor/0" ,
+		conf     => <<EOF
+REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME="visor/%n"
 EOF
 	},
 	{