diff --git a/src/journal/journald-stream.c b/src/journal/journald-stream.c
index 671ada718c..bb7330f3db 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-stream.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-stream.c
@@ -778,7 +778,9 @@ int server_restore_streams(Server *s, FDSet *fds) {
                 if (!found) {
                         /* No file descriptor? Then let's delete the state file */
                         log_debug("Cannot restore stream file %s", de->d_name);
-                        unlinkat(dirfd(d), de->d_name, 0);
+                        if (unlinkat(dirfd(d), de->d_name, 0) < 0)
+                                log_warning("Failed to remove /run/systemd/journal/streams/%s: %m",
+                                            de->d_name);
                         continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/login/logind.c b/src/login/logind.c
index 0a869ba447..3fa7d2fed6 100644
--- a/src/login/logind.c
+++ b/src/login/logind.c
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ static int manager_enumerate_seats(Manager *m) {
 
                 s = hashmap_get(m->seats, de->d_name);
                 if (!s) {
-                        unlinkat(dirfd(d), de->d_name, 0);
+                        if (unlinkat(dirfd(d), de->d_name, 0) < 0)
+                                log_warning("Failed to remove /run/systemd/seats/%s: %m",
+                                            de->d_name);
                         continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-watch.c b/src/udev/udev-watch.c
index 351cb6345a..61179ce03d 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-watch.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-watch.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void udev_watch_restore(struct udev *udev) {
                         udev_watch_begin(udev, dev);
                         udev_device_unref(dev);
 unlink:
-                        unlinkat(dirfd(dir), ent->d_name, 0);
+                        (void) unlinkat(dirfd(dir), ent->d_name, 0);
                 }
 
                 closedir(dir);