diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index d46476630c..ac741c2772 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -4157,7 +4157,7 @@ static bool tty_may_match_dev_console(const char *tty) {
                 return true; /* if we could not resolve, assume it may */
 
         /* "tty0" means the active VC, so it may be the same sometimes */
-        return streq(resolved, tty) || (streq(resolved, "tty0") && tty_is_vc(tty));
+        return path_equal(resolved, tty) || (streq(resolved, "tty0") && tty_is_vc(tty));
 }
 
 bool exec_context_may_touch_console(const ExecContext *ec) {