diff --git a/units/systemd-udev-trigger.service.in b/units/systemd-udev-trigger.service.in
index 1e04d11fe3..0c33909cee 100644
--- a/units/systemd-udev-trigger.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-udev-trigger.service.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description=udev Coldplug all Devices
 Documentation=man:udev(7) man:systemd-udevd.service(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Wants=systemd-udevd.service
-After=systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket systemd-hwdb-update.service
+After=systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket
 Before=sysinit.target
 ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/sys
 
diff --git a/units/systemd-udevd.service.in b/units/systemd-udevd.service.in
index 5860545801..3b92c6a866 100644
--- a/units/systemd-udevd.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-udevd.service.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Description=udev Kernel Device Manager
 Documentation=man:systemd-udevd.service(8) man:udev(7)
 DefaultDependencies=no
-After=systemd-sysusers.service
+After=systemd-sysusers.service systemd-hwdb-update.service
 Before=sysinit.target
 ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/sys