diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index 188e546713..6d19715e79 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -5213,7 +5213,7 @@ int config_parse_bind_paths(
                 void *userdata) {
 
         ExecContext *c = ASSERT_PTR(data);
-        const Unit *u = userdata;
+        const Unit *u = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
         int r;
 
         assert(filename);