diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index 5124436a05..7dcd37cedd 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static int start_transient_scope(sd_bus *bus) {
 
         r = bus_wait_for_jobs_new(bus, &w);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_oom();
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Could not watch jobs: %m");
 
         if (arg_unit) {
                 r = unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(arg_unit, "as unit",
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static int start_transient_trigger(sd_bus *bus, const char *suffix) {
 
         r = bus_wait_for_jobs_new(bus, &w);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_oom();
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Could not watch jobs: %m");
 
         if (arg_unit) {
                 switch (unit_name_to_type(arg_unit)) {
diff --git a/src/shared/tests.c b/src/shared/tests.c
index 8884c8e90e..ce72be1776 100644
--- a/src/shared/tests.c
+++ b/src/shared/tests.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int allocate_scope(void) {
 
         r = bus_wait_for_jobs_new(bus, &w);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_oom();
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Could not watch jobs: %m");
 
         if (asprintf(&scope, "%s-%" PRIx64 ".scope", program_invocation_short_name, random_u64()) < 0)
                 return log_oom();