diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.c
index e5c9eb64a4..bc0164c1b4 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.c
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ static int errno_to_bus_error_name_new(int error, char **ret) {
         const char *name;
         char *n;
 
-        if (error < 0)
-                error = -error;
-
         /* D-Bus names must not start with a digit. Thus, an name like System.Error.500 would not be legal.
          * Let's just return 0 if an unknown errno is encountered, which will cause the caller to fall back
          * to BUS_ERROR_FAILED.