diff --git a/src/basic/tmpfile-util.c b/src/basic/tmpfile-util.c
index be7a930c44..9c2dc33f06 100644
--- a/src/basic/tmpfile-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/tmpfile-util.c
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ int open_tmpfile_linkable_at(int dir_fd, const char *target, int flags, char **r
                 return fd;
         }
 
-        log_debug_errno(fd, "Failed to use O_TMPFILE for %s: %m", target);
+        if (!ERRNO_IS_NEG_NOT_SUPPORTED(fd))
+                log_debug_errno(fd, "Failed to use O_TMPFILE for %s: %m", target);
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *tmp = NULL;
         r = tempfn_random(target, NULL, &tmp);