diff --git a/src/ssh-generator/ssh-generator.c b/src/ssh-generator/ssh-generator.c
index 2c4cf5a16a..f906b47568 100644
--- a/src/ssh-generator/ssh-generator.c
+++ b/src/ssh-generator/ssh-generator.c
@@ -207,8 +207,14 @@ static int add_vsock_socket(
         /* Determine the local CID so that we can log it to help users to connect to this VM */
         unsigned local_cid;
         r = vsock_get_local_cid(&local_cid);
-        if (r < 0)
+        if (r < 0) {
+                if (ERRNO_IS_DEVICE_ABSENT(r)) {
+                        log_debug("Not creating AF_VSOCK ssh listener, since /dev/vsock is not available (even though AF_VSOCK is).");
+                        return 0;
+                }
+
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to query local AF_VSOCK CID: %m");
+        }
 
         r = make_sshd_template_unit(
                         dest,