diff --git a/src/core/namespace.c b/src/core/namespace.c
index ebdbb7545b..20f8beab1a 100644
--- a/src/core/namespace.c
+++ b/src/core/namespace.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static int mount_tmpfs(const MountEntry *m) {
 
         r = label_fix_container(entry_path, source_path, 0);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to fix label of '%s' as '%s': %m", entry_path, source_path);
+                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to fix label of '%s' as '%s': %m", entry_path, source_path);
 
         return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/dev-setup.c b/src/shared/dev-setup.c
index 7641909c1b..6e57e2a99d 100644
--- a/src/shared/dev-setup.c
+++ b/src/shared/dev-setup.c
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ int make_inaccessible_nodes(
                 else
                         r = mknod_label(path, table[i].mode, makedev(0, 0));
                 if (r < 0) {
-                        if (errno != EEXIST)
-                                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to create '%s', ignoring: %m", path);
+                        if (r != -EEXIST)
+                                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to create '%s', ignoring: %m", path);
                         continue;
                 }