diff --git a/tuned/hardware/inventory.py b/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
index 2293baa..07cdedd 100644
--- a/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
+++ b/tuned/hardware/inventory.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Inventory(object):
 	about related hardware events.
 	"""
 
-	def __init__(self, udev_context=None, udev_monitor_cls=None, monitor_observer_factory=None, buffer_size=None):
+	def __init__(self, udev_context=None, udev_monitor_cls=None, monitor_observer_factory=None, buffer_size=None, set_receive_buffer_size=True):
 		if udev_context is not None:
 			self._udev_context = udev_context
 		else:
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class Inventory(object):
 		self._udev_monitor = udev_monitor_cls.from_netlink(self._udev_context)
 		if buffer_size is None:
 			buffer_size = consts.CFG_DEF_UDEV_BUFFER_SIZE
-		self._udev_monitor.set_receive_buffer_size(buffer_size)
+
+		if (set_receive_buffer_size):
+			self._udev_monitor.set_receive_buffer_size(buffer_size)
 
 		if monitor_observer_factory is None:
 			monitor_observer_factory = _MonitorObserverFactory()