1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 081ae7c08d..9ec425d2d4 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -1431,10 +1431,8 @@ static int server_open_hostname(Server *s) {
         assert(s);
 
         s->hostname_fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NDELAY|O_NOCTTY);
-        if (s->hostname_fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open /proc/sys/kernel/hostname: %m");
-                return -errno;
-        }
+        if (s->hostname_fd < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open /proc/sys/kernel/hostname: %m");
 
         r = sd_event_add_io(s->event, &s->hostname_event_source, s->hostname_fd, 0, dispatch_hostname_change, s);
         if (r < 0) {