diff --git a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
index b8d42c5587..6e2329f7f9 100644
--- a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
+++ b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static int start_virtiofsd(
         union sockaddr_union su;
         r = sockaddr_un_set_path(&su.un, listen_address);
         if (r < 0)
-                return r;
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to prepare unix socket '%s': %m", listen_address);
 
         _cleanup_close_ int sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
         if (sock < 0)