diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h b/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h
index 860961e2ba..62b0f723c7 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int sd_notify(int unset_environment, const char *state);
 
      sd_notifyf(0, "STATUS=Failed to start up: %s\n"
                    "ERRNO=%i",
-                   strerror_safe(errno),
+                   strerror(errno),
                    errno);
 
   See sd_notifyf(3) for more information.