diff --git a/src/basic/format-util.h b/src/basic/format-util.h
index 29fbc947b3..c47fa76ea8 100644
--- a/src/basic/format-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/format-util.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#include "cgroup-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 
 assert_cc(sizeof(pid_t) == sizeof(int32_t));
@@ -71,8 +72,15 @@ typedef enum {
         FORMAT_BYTES_TRAILING_B  = 1 << 2,
 } FormatBytesFlag;
 
-#define FORMAT_BYTES_MAX 8
+#define FORMAT_BYTES_MAX 16
 char *format_bytes_full(char *buf, size_t l, uint64_t t, FormatBytesFlag flag);
 static inline char *format_bytes(char *buf, size_t l, uint64_t t) {
         return format_bytes_full(buf, l, t, FORMAT_BYTES_USE_IEC | FORMAT_BYTES_BELOW_POINT | FORMAT_BYTES_TRAILING_B);
 }
+static inline char *format_bytes_cgroup_protection(char *buf, size_t l, uint64_t t) {
+        if (t == CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX) {
+                (void) snprintf(buf, l, "%s", "infinity");
+                return buf;
+        }
+        return format_bytes(buf, l, t);
+}
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 5547058296..37febfa104 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -4478,11 +4478,11 @@ static void print_status_info(
 
                         printf(" (");
                         if (i->memory_min > 0) {
-                                printf("%smin: %s", prefix, format_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf), i->memory_min));
+                                printf("%smin: %s", prefix, format_bytes_cgroup_protection(buf, sizeof(buf), i->memory_min));
                                 prefix = " ";
                         }
                         if (i->memory_low > 0) {
-                                printf("%slow: %s", prefix, format_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf), i->memory_low));
+                                printf("%slow: %s", prefix, format_bytes_cgroup_protection(buf, sizeof(buf), i->memory_low));
                                 prefix = " ";
                         }
                         if (i->memory_high != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX) {