diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-usb-device.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-usb-device.c
index a03b4fa75..9f9de5f3a 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-usb-device.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-usb-device.c
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ fu_usb_device_set_dev(FuUsbDevice *device, GUsbDevice *usb_device)
 	g_return_if_fail(FU_IS_USB_DEVICE(device));
 
 	/* need to re-probe hardware */
-	fu_device_probe_invalidate(FU_DEVICE(device));
+	if (!fu_device_has_flag(FU_DEVICE(device), FWUPD_DEVICE_FLAG_EMULATED))
+		fu_device_probe_invalidate(FU_DEVICE(device));
 
 	/* allow replacement */
 	g_set_object(&priv->usb_device, usb_device);
diff --git a/src/fu-engine.c b/src/fu-engine.c
index caca648cb..c7282715c 100644
--- a/src/fu-engine.c
+++ b/src/fu-engine.c
@@ -7480,7 +7480,8 @@ fu_engine_backend_device_changed_cb(FuBackend *backend, FuDevice *device, FuEngi
 			continue;
 		if (g_strcmp0(fu_usb_device_get_platform_id(FU_USB_DEVICE(device_tmp)),
 			      fu_usb_device_get_platform_id(FU_USB_DEVICE(device))) == 0) {
-			g_debug("incorporating new GUsbDevice for %s", fu_device_get_id(device));
+			g_debug("incorporating new GUsbDevice for %s",
+				fu_device_get_id(device_tmp));
 			fu_device_incorporate(device_tmp, device);
 		}
 	}