diff --git a/src/basic/io-util.c b/src/basic/io-util.c
index 247e37fd80..4d7405296b 100644
--- a/src/basic/io-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/io-util.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int iovw_put(struct iovec_wrapper *iovw, void *data, size_t len) {
                 return -E2BIG;
 
         if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(iovw->iovec, iovw->size_bytes, iovw->count + 1))
-                return log_oom();
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         iovw->iovec[iovw->count++] = IOVEC_MAKE(data, len);
         return 0;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int iovw_put_string_field(struct iovec_wrapper *iovw, const char *field, const c
 
         x = strjoin(field, value);
         if (!x)
-                return log_oom();
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         r = iovw_put(iovw, x, strlen(x));
         if (r >= 0)
diff --git a/src/shared/bpf-program.c b/src/shared/bpf-program.c
index 32881477d5..067f26d2f0 100644
--- a/src/shared/bpf-program.c
+++ b/src/shared/bpf-program.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "bpf-program.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
-#include "log.h"
 #include "memory-util.h"
 #include "missing_syscall.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ int bpf_program_new(uint32_t prog_type, BPFProgram **ret) {
 
         p = new0(BPFProgram, 1);
         if (!p)
-                return log_oom();
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         p->n_ref = 1;
         p->prog_type = prog_type;