diff --git a/src/home/homework-mount.c b/src/home/homework-mount.c
index 2b340ce54c..56b83147bf 100644
--- a/src/home/homework-mount.c
+++ b/src/home/homework-mount.c
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ int home_move_mount(const char *mount_suffix, const char *target) {
         } else
                 d = HOME_RUNTIME_WORK_DIR;
 
-        (void) mkdir_p(target, 0700);
+        r = mkdir_p(target, 0700);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create directory '%s': %m", target);
 
         r = mount_nofollow_verbose(LOG_ERR, d, target, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
         if (r < 0)