diff --git a/src/machine/machinectl.c b/src/machine/machinectl.c
index 0abc251cf80..b1d170787b2 100644
--- a/src/machine/machinectl.c
+++ b/src/machine/machinectl.c
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ static int list_images(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                        (int) max_mtime, strna(format_timestamp(mtime_buf, sizeof(mtime_buf), images[j].mtime)));
         }
 
-        if (r < 0)
-                return bus_log_parse_error(r);
-
 
         if (arg_legend)
                 printf("\n%zu images listed.\n", n_images);