diff --git a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
index 1cd1063222..bb49982457 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
@@ -2169,6 +2169,26 @@ static int bus_append_exit_status(sd_bus_message *m, const char *field, const ch
         return 1;
 }
 
+static int bus_append_action_exit_status(sd_bus_message *m, const char *field, const char *eq) {
+        int r;
+
+        if (isempty(eq))
+                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", field, "i", -1);
+        else {
+                uint8_t u;
+
+                r = safe_atou8(eq, &u);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse %s=%s", field, eq);
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", field, "i", (int) u);
+        }
+        if (r < 0)
+                return bus_log_create_error(r);
+
+        return 1;
+}
+
 static int bus_append_listen(sd_bus_message *m, const char *field, const char *eq) {
         int r;
 
@@ -2902,23 +2922,8 @@ static int bus_append_unit_property(sd_bus_message *m, const char *field, const
                 return bus_append_safe_atou(m, field, eq);
 
         if (STR_IN_SET(field, "SuccessActionExitStatus",
-                              "FailureActionExitStatus")) {
-                if (isempty(eq))
-                        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", field, "i", -1);
-                else {
-                        uint8_t u;
-
-                        r = safe_atou8(eq, &u);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse %s=%s", field, eq);
-
-                        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", field, "i", (int) u);
-                }
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return bus_log_create_error(r);
-
-                return 1;
-        }
+                              "FailureActionExitStatus"))
+                return bus_append_action_exit_status(m, field, eq);
 
         if (unit_dependency_from_string(field) >= 0 ||
             STR_IN_SET(field, "Documentation",