diff --git a/src/basic/chase.c b/src/basic/chase.c
index 50ab4e3c47..b8fcbcb4e5 100644
--- a/src/basic/chase.c
+++ b/src/basic/chase.c
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ static int log_prohibited_symlink(int fd, ChaseFlags flags) {
         assert(fd >= 0);
 
         if (!FLAGS_SET(flags, CHASE_WARN))
-                return -EREMCHG;
+                return -ELOOP;
 
         (void) fd_get_path(fd, &n1);
 
-        return log_warning_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EREMCHG),
+        return log_warning_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ELOOP),
                                  "Detected symlink where no symlink is allowed at '%s', refusing.",
                                  strna(n1));
 }
diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 967274b950..c57f6e8a66 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ static void mount_enter_mounting(Mount *m) {
          * couldn't support that reasonably: the mounts in /proc/self/mountinfo would not be recognizable to
          * us anymore. */
         fd = chase_and_open_parent(m->where, /* root= */ NULL, CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_MKDIR_0755|CHASE_TRIGGER_AUTOFS, &fn);
-        if (fd == -EREMCHG) {
+        if (fd == -ELOOP) {
                 r = unit_log_noncanonical_mount_path(UNIT(m), m->where);
                 goto fail;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/test-chase.c b/src/test/test-chase.c
index ed07ac5cef..23ceef5328 100644
--- a/src/test/test-chase.c
+++ b/src/test/test-chase.c
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ TEST(chase) {
 
         /* Test CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS */
 
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dotdot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dotdot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
-        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), EREMCHG);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dotdot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dotdot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
+        ASSERT_ERROR(chase("top/dot/dot", temp, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_PROHIBIT_SYMLINKS|CHASE_WARN, NULL, NULL), ELOOP);
 
  cleanup:
         ASSERT_OK(rm_rf(temp, REMOVE_ROOT|REMOVE_PHYSICAL));