diff --git a/src/core/socket.c b/src/core/socket.c
index 7ba3a1b896..9004cb42cf 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.c
+++ b/src/core/socket.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ static int socket_symlink(Socket *s) {
                 return 0;
 
         STRV_FOREACH(i, s->symlinks)
-                symlink(p, *i);
+                symlink_label(p, *i);
 
         return 0;
 }