diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
index f92e1e416b..e113a6097b 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
@@ -2123,9 +2123,9 @@ int oci_load(FILE *f, const char *bundle, Settings **ret) {
         if (!s->bundle)
                 return log_oom();
 
-        r = oci_dispatch(oci, table, 0, s);
+        r = oci_dispatch(oci, table, /* flags= */ 0, s);
         if (r < 0)
-                return r;
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse OCI bundle configuration file '%s': %m", path);
 
         if (s->properties) {
                 r = sd_bus_message_seal(s->properties, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index f44a61db3f..959aef9b71 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2232,9 +2232,9 @@ static int make_extra_nodes(const char *dest) {
         FOREACH_ARRAY(node, arg_extra_nodes, arg_n_extra_nodes) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *path = NULL;
 
-                path = path_join(dest, node->path);
-                if (!path)
-                        return log_oom();
+                r = chase(node->path, dest, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT|CHASE_NONEXISTENT|CHASE_NOFOLLOW, &path, /* ret_fd= */ NULL);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve device node path '%s': %m", node->path);
 
                 dev_t dev = S_ISCHR(node->mode) || S_ISBLK(node->mode) ? makedev(node->major, node->minor) : 0;
                 if (mknod(path, node->mode, dev) < 0)