diff --git a/src/locale/localed.c b/src/locale/localed.c
index 0e1680d72a..841e5e3e91 100644
--- a/src/locale/localed.c
+++ b/src/locale/localed.c
@@ -613,14 +613,13 @@ static int method_set_x11_keyboard(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_err
                 return sd_bus_error_set(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Received invalid keyboard data");
 
         r = verify_xkb_rmlvo(in.model, in.layout, in.variant, in.options);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_full_errno(r == -EOPNOTSUPP ? LOG_NOTICE : LOG_ERR, r,
-                               "Cannot compile XKB keymap for new x11 keyboard layout ('%s' / '%s' / '%s' / '%s'): %m",
+        if (r == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+                log_notice_errno(r, "Cannot verify if new keymap is correct, libxkbcommon.so unavailable.");
+        else if (r < 0) {
+                log_error_errno(r, "Cannot compile XKB keymap for new x11 keyboard layout ('%s' / '%s' / '%s' / '%s'): %m",
                                strempty(in.model), strempty(in.layout), strempty(in.variant), strempty(in.options));
-
-                if (r != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-                        return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS,
-                                                 "Specified keymap cannot be compiled, refusing as invalid.");
+                return sd_bus_error_set(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS,
+                                        "Specified keymap cannot be compiled, refusing as invalid.");
         }
 
         r = vconsole_read_data(c, m);