diff --git a/qubes-rpc/prepare-suspend b/qubes-rpc/prepare-suspend
index 6167bc02f..9db5d9b54 100755
--- a/qubes-rpc/prepare-suspend
+++ b/qubes-rpc/prepare-suspend
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ if [ "$action" = "suspend" ]; then
         if [ "$intf" = "lo" ] || [[ "$intf" = "vif"* ]]; then
             continue
         fi
+        if ! [ -e "/sys/class/net/$intf/device" ]; then
+            continue
+        fi
         if [ "$(cat "/sys/class/net/$intf/device/devtype" 2>/dev/null)" = "vif" ]; then
             continue
         fi