diff --git a/src/shared/bootspec.c b/src/shared/bootspec.c
index 5b7311f54d..332b5cfed3 100644
--- a/src/shared/bootspec.c
+++ b/src/shared/bootspec.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static int boot_entries_find_type1(
                         continue;
 
                 r = boot_config_load_type1(config, f, root, dir, de->d_name);
-                if (r == -ENOMEM)
+                if (r == -ENOMEM) /* ignore all other errors */
                         return r;
         }