diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 6d2291cadd..51d6996e72 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ const char* exec_get_private_notify_socket_path(const ExecContext *context, cons
         if (!needs_sandboxing)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (!context->root_directory && !context->root_image && !context->root_directory_as_fd)
+        if (!exec_context_with_rootfs(context))
                 return NULL;
 
         if (!exec_context_get_effective_mount_apivfs(context))