diff --git a/src/basic/strv.h b/src/basic/strv.h
index 965189d36e..bd90305e63 100644
--- a/src/basic/strv.h
+++ b/src/basic/strv.h
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ bool strv_fnmatch_full(char* const* patterns, const char *s, int flags, size_t *
 static inline bool strv_fnmatch(char* const* patterns, const char *s) {
         return strv_fnmatch_full(patterns, s, 0, NULL);
 }
-
 static inline bool strv_fnmatch_or_empty(char* const* patterns, const char *s, int flags) {
         assert(s);
         return strv_isempty(patterns) ||
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-manager.c b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
index 1fa8b15a80..91c10a4e00 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-manager.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ static int list_units_filtered(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_e
                 if (k != u->id)
                         continue;
 
-                if (unit_is_filtered(u, states, patterns))
+                if (!unit_passes_filter(u, states, patterns))
                         continue;
 
                 r = reply_unit_info(reply, u);
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index e0f9f9b84a..5d8b940608 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -6472,20 +6472,20 @@ int unit_arm_timer(
         return 0;
 }
 
-bool unit_is_filtered(Unit *u, char *const *states, char *const *patterns) {
+bool unit_passes_filter(Unit *u, char * const *states, char * const *patterns) {
         assert(u);
 
         if (!strv_isempty(states)) {
-                char *const *unit_states = STRV_MAKE(
+                char * const *unit_states = STRV_MAKE(
                                 unit_load_state_to_string(u->load_state),
                                 unit_active_state_to_string(unit_active_state(u)),
                                 unit_sub_state_to_string(u));
 
                 if (!strv_overlap(states, unit_states))
-                        return true;
+                        return false;
         }
 
-        return !strv_isempty(patterns) && !strv_fnmatch_or_empty(patterns, u->id, FNM_NOESCAPE);
+        return strv_fnmatch_or_empty(patterns, u->id, FNM_NOESCAPE);
 }
 
 static int unit_get_nice(Unit *u) {
diff --git a/src/core/unit.h b/src/core/unit.h
index bb360e30ed..cabf7cc421 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.h
+++ b/src/core/unit.h
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ Condition *unit_find_failed_condition(Unit *u);
 
 int unit_arm_timer(Unit *u, sd_event_source **source, bool relative, usec_t usec, sd_event_time_handler_t handler);
 
-bool unit_is_filtered(Unit *u, char *const *states, char *const *patterns);
+bool unit_passes_filter(Unit *u, char * const *states, char * const *patterns);
 
 int unit_compare_priority(Unit *a, Unit *b);