diff --git a/src/shared/kbd-util.c b/src/shared/kbd-util.c
index 3100862548..e6fe973471 100644
--- a/src/shared/kbd-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/kbd-util.c
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ int keymap_exists(const char *name) {
                                 &(struct recurse_dir_userdata) {
                                         .keymap_name = name,
                                 });
-                if (r == -ENOENT)
-                        continue;
-                if (ERRNO_IS_RESOURCE(r))
-                        return r;
                 if (r < 0) {
+                        if (r == -ENOENT)
+                                continue;
+                        if (ERRNO_IS_RESOURCE(r))
+                                return r;
                         log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to read keymap list from %s, ignoring: %m", dir);
                         continue;
                 }