diff --git a/media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon/pulseaudio-daemon-16.0-r1.ebuild b/media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon/pulseaudio-daemon-16.0-r1.ebuild
index a54ff6c25597a..709d042af0bf9 100644
--- a/media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon/pulseaudio-daemon-16.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon/pulseaudio-daemon-16.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -379,4 +379,5 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 
 pkg_postrm() {
 	gnome2_schemas_update
+	use udev && udev_reload
 }