diff --git a/src/libsystemd-bus/sd-bus.c b/src/libsystemd-bus/sd-bus.c
index 5f2ede088a3..6acc59e82c4 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-bus/sd-bus.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-bus/sd-bus.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ static int bus_add_object(
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         c->path = strdup(path);
-        if (!path) {
+        if (!c->path) {
                 free(c);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }