diff --git a/src/basic/unit-def.c b/src/basic/unit-def.c
index 57a67af163..c9d6a5a6f0 100644
--- a/src/basic/unit-def.c
+++ b/src/basic/unit-def.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ static const char* const service_state_table[_SERVICE_STATE_MAX] = {
         [SERVICE_START]                      = "start",
         [SERVICE_START_POST]                 = "start-post",
         [SERVICE_RUNNING]                    = "running",
+        [SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING]       = "running-revalidating",
         [SERVICE_EXITED]                     = "exited",
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS]         = "refresh-extensions",
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS]        = "refresh-credentials",
diff --git a/src/basic/unit-def.h b/src/basic/unit-def.h
index 9192d8c4a5..babc31444f 100644
--- a/src/basic/unit-def.h
+++ b/src/basic/unit-def.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ typedef enum ServiceState {
         SERVICE_START,
         SERVICE_START_POST,
         SERVICE_RUNNING,
+        SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING,   /* Temporarily waiting for the D-Bus name to reappear */
         SERVICE_EXITED,                 /* Nothing is running anymore, but RemainAfterExit is true hence this is OK */
         SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS,     /* Refreshing extensions for a reload request */
         SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS,    /* ditto, but for credentials */
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 0ccbaa61c5..b26365cd49 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -2048,6 +2048,7 @@ static bool manager_dbus_is_running(Manager *m, bool deserialized) {
                 return false;
         if (!IN_SET(deserialized ? SERVICE(u)->deserialized_state : SERVICE(u)->state,
                     SERVICE_RUNNING,
+                    SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING,
                     SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS,
                     SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS,
                     SERVICE_RELOAD,
diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
index 535c833e25..bf6e91016c 100644
--- a/src/core/service.c
+++ b/src/core/service.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static const UnitActiveState state_translation_table[_SERVICE_STATE_MAX] = {
         [SERVICE_START]                      = UNIT_ACTIVATING,
         [SERVICE_START_POST]                 = UNIT_ACTIVATING,
         [SERVICE_RUNNING]                    = UNIT_ACTIVE,
+        [SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING]       = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_EXITED]                     = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS]         = UNIT_REFRESHING,
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS]        = UNIT_REFRESHING,
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ static const UnitActiveState state_translation_table_idle[_SERVICE_STATE_MAX] =
         [SERVICE_START]                      = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_START_POST]                 = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_RUNNING]                    = UNIT_ACTIVE,
+        [SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING]       = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_EXITED]                     = UNIT_ACTIVE,
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS]         = UNIT_REFRESHING,
         [SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS]        = UNIT_REFRESHING,
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ static void service_set_state(Service *s, ServiceState state);
 static bool SERVICE_STATE_WITH_MAIN_PROCESS(ServiceState state) {
         return IN_SET(state,
                       SERVICE_START, SERVICE_START_POST,
-                      SERVICE_RUNNING,
+                      SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING,
                       SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS, SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS,
                       SERVICE_RELOAD, SERVICE_RELOAD_SIGNAL, SERVICE_RELOAD_NOTIFY, SERVICE_RELOAD_POST,
                       SERVICE_MOUNTING,
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ static bool SERVICE_STATE_WITH_CONTROL_PROCESS(ServiceState state) {
 static bool SERVICE_STATE_WITH_WATCHDOG(ServiceState state) {
         return IN_SET(state,
                       SERVICE_START_POST,
-                      SERVICE_RUNNING,
+                      SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING,
                       SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS, SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS,
                       SERVICE_RELOAD, SERVICE_RELOAD_SIGNAL, SERVICE_RELOAD_NOTIFY, SERVICE_RELOAD_POST,
                       SERVICE_MOUNTING);
@@ -3677,6 +3679,7 @@ static int service_stop(Unit *u) {
                 return 0;
 
         case SERVICE_RUNNING:
+        case SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING:
         case SERVICE_EXITED:
                 service_enter_stop(s, SERVICE_SUCCESS);
                 return 1;
@@ -3695,7 +3698,7 @@ static int service_stop(Unit *u) {
 static int service_reload(Unit *u) {
         Service *s = ASSERT_PTR(SERVICE(u));
 
-        assert(IN_SET(s->state, SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_EXITED));
+        assert(IN_SET(s->state, SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING, SERVICE_EXITED));
 
         s->reload_result = SERVICE_SUCCESS;
         s->refreshed_mask = 0;
@@ -4593,6 +4596,7 @@ static void service_notify_cgroup_empty_event(Unit *u) {
                 break;
 
         case SERVICE_RUNNING:
+        case SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING:
                 /* service_enter_running() will figure out what to do */
                 service_enter_running(s, SERVICE_SUCCESS);
                 break;
@@ -4654,6 +4658,7 @@ static void service_notify_cgroup_oom_event(Unit *u, bool managed_oom) {
 
         case SERVICE_EXITED:
         case SERVICE_RUNNING:
+        case SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING:
                 if (s->oom_policy == OOM_STOP)
                         service_enter_stop(s, SERVICE_FAILURE_OOM_KILL);
                 else if (s->oom_policy == OOM_KILL)
@@ -4818,6 +4823,7 @@ static void service_sigchld_event(Unit *u, pid_t pid, int code, int status) {
 
                                         _fallthrough_;
                                 case SERVICE_RUNNING:
+                                case SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING:
                                         service_enter_running(s, f);
                                         break;
 
@@ -6009,6 +6015,7 @@ static bool service_needs_console(Unit *u) {
                       SERVICE_START,
                       SERVICE_START_POST,
                       SERVICE_RUNNING,
+                      SERVICE_RUNNING_REVALIDATING,
                       SERVICE_REFRESH_EXTENSIONS,
                       SERVICE_REFRESH_CREDENTIALS,
                       SERVICE_RELOAD,