diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 92b73815098..5ab0f9fe183 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ int dissected_image_load_verity_sig_partition(
                 a = hexmem(root_hash, root_hash_size);
                 b = hexmem(verity->root_hash, verity->root_hash_size);
 
-                return log_debug_errno(r, "Root hash in signature JSON data (%s) doesn't match configured hash (%s).", strna(a), strna(b));
+                return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Root hash in signature JSON data (%s) doesn't match configured hash (%s).", strna(a), strna(b));
         }
 
         sig = sd_json_variant_by_key(v, "signature");