1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 3e2a499ec8..ac83862db7 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ static int service_start(Unit *u) {
         /* Make sure we don't enter a busy loop of some kind. */
         if (!ratelimit_test(&s->ratelimit)) {
                 log_warning("%s start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.", u->meta.id);
-                return -EAGAIN;
+                return -ECANCELED;
         }
 
         s->failure = false;