diff --git a/src/core/dbus-execute.c b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
index b664bbffa67..399986db4a4 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-execute.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
@@ -2315,15 +2315,8 @@ int bus_exec_context_set_transient_property(
                         }
 
                         STRV_FOREACH(s, l) {
-                                _cleanup_free_ char *n = NULL;
-                                int e;
-
-                                r = parse_syscall_and_errno(*s, &n, &e);
-                                if (r < 0)
-                                        return r;
-
-                                r = seccomp_parse_syscall_filter(n,
-                                                                 0, /* errno not used */
+                                r = seccomp_parse_syscall_filter(*s,
+                                                                 -1, /* errno not used */
                                                                  c->syscall_log,
                                                                  SECCOMP_PARSE_LOG | SECCOMP_PARSE_PERMISSIVE |
                                                                  invert_flag |
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index f9c334cc65e..41ee7b64380 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -3280,8 +3280,7 @@ int config_parse_syscall_log(
 
         p = rvalue;
         for (;;) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *word = NULL, *name = NULL;
-                int num;
+                _cleanup_free_ char *word = NULL;
 
                 r = extract_first_word(&p, &word, NULL, 0);
                 if (r == 0)
@@ -3293,14 +3292,8 @@ int config_parse_syscall_log(
                         return 0;
                 }
 
-                r = parse_syscall_and_errno(word, &name, &num);
-                if (r < 0 || num >= 0) { /* errno code not allowed */
-                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse syscall, ignoring: %s", word);
-                        continue;
-                }
-
                 r = seccomp_parse_syscall_filter(
-                                name, 0, c->syscall_log,
+                                word, -1, c->syscall_log,
                                 SECCOMP_PARSE_LOG|SECCOMP_PARSE_PERMISSIVE|
                                 (invert ? SECCOMP_PARSE_INVERT : 0)|
                                 (c->syscall_log_allow_list ? SECCOMP_PARSE_ALLOW_LIST : 0),