--- cloudinit/net/__init__.py.orig
+++ cloudinit/net/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import errno
 import functools
+import glob
 import ipaddress
 import logging
 import os
@@ -698,6 +699,12 @@ def _rename_interfaces(
     renames, strict_present=True, strict_busy=True, current_info=None
 ):
 
+    net_devs = glob.glob('/sys/class/net/*')
+    for dev in net_devs:
+        dev_name = dev.split('/')[-1]
+        for dev_data in renames:
+            if dev_name in dev_data:
+                del renames[renames.index(dev_data)]
+
     if not len(renames):
         LOG.debug("no interfaces to rename")
         return