diff --git a/src/shared/bus-polkit.c b/src/shared/bus-polkit.c
index ff905d147f..8564eccce1 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-polkit.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-polkit.c
@@ -280,8 +280,13 @@ static int async_polkit_read_reply(sd_bus_message *reply, AsyncPolkitQuery *q) {
 
                 e = sd_bus_message_get_error(reply);
 
-                if (bus_error_is_unknown_service(e))
-                        /* Treat no PK available as access denied */
+                if (bus_error_is_unknown_service(e) ||
+                    sd_bus_error_has_names(
+                                    e,
+                                    "org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed",
+                                    "org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Cancelled",
+                                    "org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.NotAuthorized"))
+                        /* Treat no PK available as access denied. Also treat some of the well-known PK errors as such. */
                         q->denied_action = TAKE_PTR(a);
                 else {
                         /* Save error from polkit reply, so it can be returned when the same authorization