diff --git a/src/basic/copy.c b/src/basic/copy.c
index 6273ac9b47..e120b9eb4e 100644
--- a/src/basic/copy.c
+++ b/src/basic/copy.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int copy_file_atomic(const char *from, const char *to, mode_t mode, unsigned cha
         } else
                 r = rename_noreplace(AT_FDCWD, t, AT_FDCWD, to);
         if (r < 0) {
-                (void) unlink_noerrno(t);
+                (void) unlink(t);
                 return r;
         }