diff --git a/src/machine/image-varlink.c b/src/machine/image-varlink.c
index bf9826c681..e82f474bc6 100644
--- a/src/machine/image-varlink.c
+++ b/src/machine/image-varlink.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ int vl_method_clean_pool(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varli
 
         assert(link);
         assert(parameters);
+        assert(FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_VARLINK_METHOD_MORE));
 
         if (manager->n_operations >= OPERATIONS_MAX)
                 return sd_varlink_error(link, "io.systemd.MachineImage.TooManyOperations", NULL);
@@ -400,9 +401,6 @@ int vl_method_clean_pool(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varli
         if (r != 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (!FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_VARLINK_METHOD_MORE))
-                return sd_varlink_error(link, SD_VARLINK_ERROR_EXPECTED_MORE, NULL);
-
         if (manager->runtime_scope != RUNTIME_SCOPE_USER) {
                 r = varlink_verify_polkit_async(
                                 link,
diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.MachineImage.c b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.MachineImage.c
index 00acdc1cfc..2642852e03 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.MachineImage.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.MachineImage.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_ENUM_TYPE(
 
 static SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_METHOD_FULL(
                 CleanPool,
-                SD_VARLINK_SUPPORTS_MORE,
+                SD_VARLINK_REQUIRES_MORE,
                 VARLINK_DEFINE_POLKIT_INPUT,
                 SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Allows removing all or only hidden images"),
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_INPUT_BY_TYPE(mode, CleanPoolMode, 0),