diff --git a/src/shared/pam-util.c b/src/shared/pam-util.c
index 13b68234c9..fe58203e27 100644
--- a/src/shared/pam-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/pam-util.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "bus-internal.h"
 #include "errno-util.h"
 #include "format-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
@@ -88,8 +89,13 @@ static void pam_bus_data_destroy(pam_handle_t *handle, void *data, int error_sta
          * internally anyway. That said, we still generate a warning message, since this really shouldn't
          * happen. */
 
-        if (error_status & PAM_DATA_SILENT)
-                pam_syslog(handle, LOG_DEBUG, "Attempted to close sd-bus after fork, this should not happen.");
+        if (!data)
+                return;
+
+        PamBusData *d = data;
+        if (FLAGS_SET(error_status, PAM_DATA_SILENT) &&
+            d->bus && bus_origin_changed(d->bus))
+                pam_syslog(handle, LOG_DEBUG, "Attempted to close sd-bus after fork whose connection is opened before the fork, this should not happen.");
 
         pam_bus_data_free(data);
 }