diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 060914f27c..4342ed70ab 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,12 @@ static int fd_set_perms(
         }
 
 shortcut:
+        if (arg_dry_run) {
+                log_debug("Would relabel \"%s\"", path);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        log_debug("Relabelling \"%s\"", path);
         return label_fix_full(fd, /* inode_path= */ NULL, /* label_path= */ path, 0);
 }