diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 3a6313e4a28..30d4e00c941 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1129,12 +1129,12 @@ static int unit_add_slice_dependencies(Unit *u) {
                 return 0;
 
         if (UNIT_ISSET(u->slice))
-                return unit_add_two_dependencies(u, UNIT_AFTER, UNIT_WANTS, UNIT_DEREF(u->slice), true);
+                return unit_add_two_dependencies(u, UNIT_AFTER, UNIT_REQUIRES, UNIT_DEREF(u->slice), true);
 
-        if (streq(u->id, SPECIAL_ROOT_SLICE))
+        if (unit_has_name(u, SPECIAL_ROOT_SLICE))
                 return 0;
 
-        return unit_add_two_dependencies_by_name(u, UNIT_AFTER, UNIT_WANTS, SPECIAL_ROOT_SLICE, NULL, true);
+        return unit_add_two_dependencies_by_name(u, UNIT_AFTER, UNIT_REQUIRES, SPECIAL_ROOT_SLICE, NULL, true);
 }
 
 static int unit_add_mount_dependencies(Unit *u) {