diff --git a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
index dbcef3b0a92..4b7af42353b 100644
--- a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
+++ b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
@@ -680,8 +680,9 @@ static int add_root_mount(void) {
 
         r = efi_loader_get_device_part_uuid(NULL);
         if (r == -ENOENT) {
-                log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, exiting.\n"
-                           "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)");
+                log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, not processing %s.\n"
+                           "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)",
+                           in_initrd() ? "/sysroot" : "/");
                 return 0;
         } else if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to read loader partition UUID: %m");