diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-digdir.yml b/.github/workflows/check-digdir.yml
index 81dcc6bd0..c357ce99b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-digdir.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-digdir.yml
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ jobs:
             | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
           sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
           sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+          # The trigger returns before udev has applied the rule.
+          sudo udevadm settle
+          ls -l /dev/kvm
           test -r /dev/kvm && test -w /dev/kvm
 
       # The nested virtualization test checks only the refusal where the runner lacks nested KVM,
@@ -676,6 +679,9 @@ jobs:
             | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
           sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
           sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+          # The trigger returns before udev has applied the rule.
+          sudo udevadm settle
+          ls -l /dev/kvm
           test -r /dev/kvm && test -w /dev/kvm
 
       - name: Download runtime artifacts