diff --git a/net/modemmanager/Makefile b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
index fa6f1ea60..bdbdd236e 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/Makefile
+++ b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=modemmanager
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1.22.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager.git
diff --git a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
index d46ee7243..2a604c9b6 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
+++ b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.common
@@ -319,9 +319,6 @@ mm_report_event_from_cache_line() {
 }
 
 mm_report_events_from_cache() {
-	# Remove the sysfs cache
-	rm -f "${MODEMMANAGER_SYSFS_CACHE}"
-
 	local n=60
 	local step=1
 	local mmrunning=0
@@ -346,6 +343,9 @@ mm_report_events_from_cache() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	# Remove the sysfs cache
+	rm -f "${MODEMMANAGER_SYSFS_CACHE}"
+
 	# Report cached kernel events
 	while IFS= read -r event_line; do
 		mm_report_event_from_cache_line "${event_line}"