diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 807f5457c2..1fd3f10f7e 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ static int bump_unix_max_dgram_qlen(void) {
 
         r = read_one_line_file("/proc/sys/net/unix/max_dgram_qlen", &qlen);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read AF_UNIX datagram queue length, ignoring: %m");
+                return log_full_errno(r == -ENOENT ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_WARNING, r, "Failed to read AF_UNIX datagram queue length, ignoring: %m");
 
         r = safe_atolu(qlen, &v);
         if (r < 0)