diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 532be148a6a..18d42908ff2 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -676,9 +676,8 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 r = free_and_strdup(&arg_machine, optarg);
                                 if (r < 0)
                                         return log_oom();
-
-                                break;
                         }
+                        break;
 
                 case 'Z':
                         arg_selinux_context = optarg;