diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 61ac4df1a6..5e66ef76b5 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -3131,7 +3131,11 @@ void unit_prune_cgroup(Unit *u) {
         if (!u->cgroup_path)
                 return;
 
-        (void) unit_get_cpu_usage(u, NULL); /* Cache the last CPU usage value before we destroy the cgroup */
+        /* Cache the last CPU and memory usage values before we destroy the cgroup */
+        (void) unit_get_cpu_usage(u, /* ret = */ NULL);
+
+        for (CGroupMemoryAccountingMetric metric = 0; metric <= _CGROUP_MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_METRIC_CACHED_LAST; metric++)
+                (void) unit_get_memory_accounting(u, metric, /* ret = */ NULL);
 
 #if BPF_FRAMEWORK
         (void) lsm_bpf_cleanup(u); /* Remove cgroup from the global LSM BPF map */
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
index 963ba69ab6..c74bcf2642 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
@@ -703,17 +703,19 @@ static void print_status_info(
         if (i->n_fd_store > 0 || i->fd_store_max > 0)
                 printf("   FD Store: %u%s (limit: %u)%s\n", i->n_fd_store, ansi_grey(), i->fd_store_max, ansi_normal());
 
+        bool show_memory_peak = i->memory_peak != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX,
+             show_memory_swap_peak = !IN_SET(i->memory_swap_peak, 0, CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX);
+
         if (i->memory_current != UINT64_MAX) {
                 printf("     Memory: %s", FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_current));
 
                 /* Only show current swap if it ever was non-zero or is currently non-zero. In both cases
                    memory_swap_peak will be non-zero (and not CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX).
                    Only show the available memory if it was artificially limited. */
-                bool show_memory_swap = !IN_SET(i->memory_swap_peak, 0, CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX),
-                     show_memory_zswap_current = !IN_SET(i->memory_zswap_current, 0, CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX),
+                bool show_memory_zswap_current = !IN_SET(i->memory_zswap_current, 0, CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX),
                      show_memory_available = i->memory_high != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX || i->memory_max != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX;
-                if (i->memory_peak != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX ||
-                    show_memory_swap ||
+                if (show_memory_peak ||
+                    show_memory_swap_peak ||
                     show_memory_zswap_current ||
                     show_memory_available ||
                     i->memory_min > 0 ||
@@ -779,11 +781,11 @@ static void print_status_info(
                                 printf("%savailable: %s", prefix, FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_available));
                                 prefix = " ";
                         }
-                        if (i->memory_peak != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX) {
+                        if (show_memory_peak) {
                                 printf("%speak: %s", prefix, FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_peak));
                                 prefix = " ";
                         }
-                        if (show_memory_swap) {
+                        if (show_memory_swap_peak) {
                                 printf("%sswap: %s swap peak: %s", prefix,
                                        FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_swap_current), FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_swap_peak));
                                 prefix = " ";
@@ -795,6 +797,14 @@ static void print_status_info(
                         printf(")");
                 }
                 printf("\n");
+
+        } else if (show_memory_peak) {
+                printf("   Mem peak: %s", FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_peak));
+
+                if (show_memory_swap_peak)
+                        printf(" (swap: %s)", FORMAT_BYTES(i->memory_swap_peak));
+
+                putchar('\n');
         }
 
         if (i->cpu_usage_nsec != UINT64_MAX)