diff --git a/docker/etc/udev/rules.d/90-vitastor.rules b/docker/etc/udev/rules.d/90-vitastor.rules
index aba25da4..36b875b2 100644
--- a/docker/etc/udev/rules.d/90-vitastor.rules
+++ b/docker/etc/udev/rules.d/90-vitastor.rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# A separate rule: when IMPORT fails, udev drops every other key of its rule, OWNER included
+SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PART_ENTRY_TYPE}=="e7009fac-a5a1-4d72-af72-53de13059903", \
+    OWNER="vitastor", GROUP="vitastor"
 SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PART_ENTRY_TYPE}=="e7009fac-a5a1-4d72-af72-53de13059903", \
-    OWNER="vitastor", GROUP="vitastor", \
     IMPORT{program}="/usr/bin/docker exec vitastor vitastor-disk udev $devnode", \
     SYMLINK+="vitastor/$env{VITASTOR_ALIAS}"
 
diff --git a/mon/scripts/90-vitastor.rules b/mon/scripts/90-vitastor.rules
index f2bf82f2..144547d4 100644
--- a/mon/scripts/90-vitastor.rules
+++ b/mon/scripts/90-vitastor.rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# A separate rule: when IMPORT fails, udev drops every other key of its rule, OWNER included
+SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PART_ENTRY_TYPE}=="e7009fac-a5a1-4d72-af72-53de13059903", \
+    OWNER="vitastor", GROUP="vitastor"
 SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PART_ENTRY_TYPE}=="e7009fac-a5a1-4d72-af72-53de13059903", \
-    OWNER="vitastor", GROUP="vitastor", \
     IMPORT{program}="/usr/bin/vitastor-disk udev $devnode", \
     SYMLINK+="vitastor/$env{VITASTOR_ALIAS}"