diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
index 97a2ba7ea9b..ab4d9e8f420 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int client_receive_message(sd_event_source *s, int fd, uint32_t revents,
 
         len = read(fd, message, buflen);
         if ((size_t)len < sizeof(DHCP6Message)) {
-                log_dhcp6_client(client, "could not receive message from UDP socket: %s", strerror(errno));
+                log_dhcp6_client(client, "could not receive message from UDP socket: %m");
                 return 0;
         }