diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 423742969e..74579a0a19 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static bool unit_has_unified_memory_config(Unit *u) {
         c = unit_get_cgroup_context(u);
         assert(c);
 
-        return c->memory_min > 0 || unit_get_ancestor_memory_low(u) > 0 ||
+        return unit_get_ancestor_memory_min(u) > 0 || unit_get_ancestor_memory_low(u) > 0 ||
                c->memory_high != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX || c->memory_max != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX ||
                c->memory_swap_max != CGROUP_LIMIT_MAX;
 }
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ static void cgroup_context_apply(
                                         log_cgroup_compat(u, "Applying MemoryLimit=%" PRIu64 " as MemoryMax=", max);
                         }
 
-                        cgroup_apply_unified_memory_limit(u, "memory.min", c->memory_min);
+                        cgroup_apply_unified_memory_limit(u, "memory.min", unit_get_ancestor_memory_min(u));
                         cgroup_apply_unified_memory_limit(u, "memory.low", unit_get_ancestor_memory_low(u));
                         cgroup_apply_unified_memory_limit(u, "memory.high", c->memory_high);
                         cgroup_apply_unified_memory_limit(u, "memory.max", max);
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
index bd0e73befc..00b71298dc 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
@@ -772,17 +772,33 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
         if (streq(name, "MemoryAccounting"))
                 return bus_cgroup_set_boolean(u, name, &c->memory_accounting, CGROUP_MASK_MEMORY, message, flags, error);
 
-        if (streq(name, "MemoryMin"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->memory_min, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "MemoryMin")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->memory_min, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->memory_min_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "MemoryLow"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->memory_low, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "MemoryLow")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->memory_low, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->memory_low_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryMin"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->default_memory_min, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryMin")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->default_memory_min, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->default_memory_min_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryLow"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->default_memory_low, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryLow")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection(u, name, &c->default_memory_low, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->default_memory_low_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
         if (streq(name, "MemoryHigh"))
                 return bus_cgroup_set_memory(u, name, &c->memory_high, message, flags, error);
@@ -796,17 +812,33 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
         if (streq(name, "MemoryLimit"))
                 return bus_cgroup_set_memory(u, name, &c->memory_limit, message, flags, error);
 
-        if (streq(name, "MemoryMinScale"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->memory_min, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "MemoryMinScale")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->memory_min, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->memory_min_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "MemoryLowScale"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->memory_low, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "MemoryLowScale")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->memory_low, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->memory_low_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryMinScale"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->default_memory_min, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryMinScale")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->default_memory_min, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->default_memory_min_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
-        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryLowScale"))
-                return bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->default_memory_low, message, flags, error);
+        if (streq(name, "DefaultMemoryLowScale")) {
+                r = bus_cgroup_set_memory_protection_scale(u, name, &c->default_memory_low, message, flags, error);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        c->default_memory_low_set = true;
+                return r;
+        }
 
         if (streq(name, "MemoryHighScale"))
                 return bus_cgroup_set_memory_scale(u, name, &c->memory_high, message, flags, error);