diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager.c b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
index c28088d3a3..d04982837d 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-manager.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int manager_connect_bus(Manager *m) {
         assert(m);
 
         r = sd_bus_default_system(&m->bus);
-        if (r == -ENOENT) {
+        if (r < 0) {
                 /* We failed to connect? Yuck, we must be in early
                  * boot. Let's try in 5s again. As soon as we have
                  * kdbus we can stop doing this... */