diff --git a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
index 222d6a0da79..5c0e455338f 100644
--- a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
+++ b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ static int verify_gpt_partition(dev_t dev, sd_id128_t *type, unsigned *nr, char
         errno = 0;
         r = blkid_probe_lookup_value(b, "PART_ENTRY_SCHEME", &v, NULL);
         if (r != 0)
-                return errno ? -errno : -EIO;
+                /* return 0 if we're not on GPT */
+                return errno ? -errno : 0;
 
         if (strcmp(v, "gpt") != 0)
                 return 0;