diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-clean-or-freeze.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-clean-or-freeze.c
index dfaff2adbc..1022fd0d12 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-clean-or-freeze.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-clean-or-freeze.c
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ int verb_clean_or_freeze(int argc, char *argv[], uintptr_t _data, void *userdata
                 r = sd_bus_call(bus, m, 0, &error, NULL);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         log_error_errno(r, "Failed to %s unit %s: %s", argv[0], *name, bus_error_message(&error, r));
-                        if (ret == EXIT_SUCCESS) {
+                        if (ret == EXIT_SUCCESS)
                                 ret = r;
-                                continue;
-                        }
+                        continue;
                 }
 
                 if (w) {