diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
index 97fa092cae..4a16f56d1c 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int mount_legacy_cgroup_hierarchy(
         if (r > 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        mkdir_p(to, 0755);
+        (void) mkdir_p(to, 0755);
 
         /* The superblock mount options of the mount point need to be
          * identical to the hosts', and hence writable... */