diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index cbb3015590..c3056624ef 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ static void unit_status_log_starting_stopping_reloading(Unit *u, JobType t) {
         format = unit_get_status_message_format(u, t);
 
         DISABLE_WARNING_FORMAT_NONLITERAL;
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, format, unit_description(u));
+        (void) snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, format, unit_description(u));
         REENABLE_WARNING;
 
         mid = t == JOB_START ? "MESSAGE_ID=" SD_MESSAGE_UNIT_STARTING_STR :