diff --git a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
index d170f6ad9f..194b5379dc 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
@@ -687,9 +687,8 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
 
                 while ((r = sd_bus_message_read(message, "(st)", &path, &u64)) > 0) {
 
-                        if (!path_startswith(path, "/dev") &&
-                            !path_startswith(path, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/"))
-                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path %s specified in %s= is not a device file in /dev", name, path);
+                        if (!path_is_normalized(path))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path '%s' specified in %s= is not normalized.", name, path);
 
                         if (!UNIT_WRITE_FLAGS_NOOP(flags)) {
                                 CGroupIODeviceLimit *a = NULL, *b;
@@ -775,9 +774,8 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
 
                 while ((r = sd_bus_message_read(message, "(st)", &path, &weight)) > 0) {
 
-                        if (!path_startswith(path, "/dev") &&
-                            !path_startswith(path, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/"))
-                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path %s specified in %s= is not a device file in /dev", name, path);
+                        if (!path_is_normalized(path))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path '%s' specified in %s= is not normalized.", name, path);
 
                         if (!CGROUP_WEIGHT_IS_OK(weight) || weight == CGROUP_WEIGHT_INVALID)
                                 return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "IODeviceWeight= value out of range");
@@ -861,9 +859,8 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
 
                 while ((r = sd_bus_message_read(message, "(st)", &path, &u64)) > 0) {
 
-                        if (!path_startswith(path, "/dev") &&
-                            !path_startswith(path, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/"))
-                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path %s specified in %s= is not a device file in /dev", name, path);
+                        if (!path_is_normalized(path))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path '%s' specified in %s= is not normalized.", name, path);
 
                         if (!UNIT_WRITE_FLAGS_NOOP(flags)) {
                                 CGroupBlockIODeviceBandwidth *a = NULL, *b;
@@ -961,9 +958,8 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
 
                 while ((r = sd_bus_message_read(message, "(st)", &path, &weight)) > 0) {
 
-                        if (!path_startswith(path, "/dev") &&
-                            !path_startswith(path, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/"))
-                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path %s specified in %s= is not a device file in /dev", name, path);
+                        if (!path_is_normalized(path))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Path '%s' specified in %s= is not normalized.", name, path);
 
                         if (!CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_IS_OK(weight) || weight == CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_INVALID)
                                 return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "BlockIODeviceWeight= out of range");
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index fb5b742fcf..2d8525c4bd 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -3317,12 +3317,6 @@ int config_parse_io_device_weight(
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!path_startswith(resolved, "/dev") &&
-            !path_startswith(resolved, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/")) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Invalid device node path '%s', ignoring.", resolved);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         r = cg_weight_parse(p, &u);
         if (r < 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "IO weight '%s' invalid, ignoring: %m", p);
@@ -3400,15 +3394,9 @@ int config_parse_io_limit(
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!path_startswith(resolved, "/dev") &&
-            !path_startswith(resolved, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/")) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Invalid device node path '%s', ignoring.", resolved);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (streq("infinity", p)) {
+        if (streq("infinity", p))
                 num = CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX;
-        } else {
+        else {
                 r = parse_size(p, 1000, &num);
                 if (r < 0 || num <= 0) {
                         log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Invalid IO limit '%s', ignoring.", p);
@@ -3497,12 +3485,6 @@ int config_parse_blockio_device_weight(
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!path_startswith(resolved, "/dev") &&
-            !path_startswith(resolved, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/")) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Invalid device node path '%s'. Ignoring.", resolved);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         r = cg_blkio_weight_parse(p, &u);
         if (r < 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Invalid block IO weight '%s', ignoring: %m", p);
@@ -3581,12 +3563,6 @@ int config_parse_blockio_bandwidth(
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!path_startswith(resolved, "/dev") &&
-            !path_startswith(resolved, "/run/systemd/inaccessible/")) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Invalid device node path '%s', ignoring.", resolved);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         r = parse_size(p, 1000, &bytes);
         if (r < 0 || bytes <= 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Invalid Block IO Bandwidth '%s', ignoring.", p);