diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 4b215a6176..a1d6f7cc10 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -2387,6 +2387,10 @@ static int manager_dispatch_notify_fd(sd_event_source *source, int fd, uint32_t
         n = recvmsg_safe(m->notify_fd, &msghdr, MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC|MSG_TRUNC);
         if (IN_SET(n, -EAGAIN, -EINTR))
                 return 0; /* Spurious wakeup, try again */
+        if (n == -EXFULL) {
+                log_warning("Got message with truncated control data (too many fds sent?), ignoring.");
+                return 0;
+        }
         if (n < 0)
                 /* If this is any other, real error, then let's stop processing this socket. This of course
                  * means we won't take notification messages anymore, but that's still better than busy
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 75cefe8414..a564b95d85 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -3995,6 +3995,10 @@ static int nspawn_dispatch_notify_fd(sd_event_source *source, int fd, uint32_t r
         n = recvmsg_safe(fd, &msghdr, MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC);
         if (IN_SET(n, -EAGAIN, -EINTR))
                 return 0;
+        if (n == -EXFULL) {
+                log_warning("Got message with truncated control data (too many fds sent?), ignoring.");
+                return 0;
+        }
         if (n < 0)
                 return log_warning_errno(n, "Couldn't read notification socket: %m");
 
diff --git a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
index c8ce17ad5b..bd33bdd2c5 100644
--- a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
+++ b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
@@ -943,6 +943,10 @@ int ask_password_agent(
                 n = recvmsg_safe(socket_fd, &msghdr, 0);
                 if (IN_SET(n, -EAGAIN, -EINTR))
                         continue;
+                if (n == -EXFULL) {
+                        log_debug("Got message with truncated control data, ignoring.");
+                        continue;
+                }
                 if (n < 0) {
                         r = (int) n;
                         goto finish;