diff --git a/src/portable/portabled.c b/src/portable/portabled.c
index 5464360f89..c74ec42962 100644
--- a/src/portable/portabled.c
+++ b/src/portable/portabled.c
@@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         umask(0022);
 
-        if (argc != 1) {
-                log_error("This program takes no arguments.");
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
+        if (argc != 1)
+                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "This program takes no arguments.");
 
         assert_se(sigprocmask_many(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, SIGCHLD, SIGTERM, SIGINT, -1) >= 0);