diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 8f901fa715..b6105b8ff3 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -4861,6 +4861,7 @@ int exec_context_destroy_runtime_directory(const ExecContext *c, const char *run
 
                 /* We execute this synchronously, since we need to be sure this is gone when we start the
                  * service next. */
+                // here
                 (void) rm_rf(p, REMOVE_ROOT);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-33.sh b/test/units/testsuite-33.sh
index 0a6ee57b99..f3125d220c 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-33.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-33.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,38 @@ systemctl clean testservice --what=all
 ! test -e /var/cache/testservice
 ! test -e /var/log/testservice
 
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/testservice.service <<EOF
+[Service]
+ConfigurationDirectory=testservice
+RuntimeDirectory=testservice
+StateDirectory=testservice
+CacheDirectory=testservice
+LogsDirectory=testservice
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=no
+ExecStart=sh -x -c 'touch "\$RUNTIME_DIRECTORY"/ro-file && chmod 400 "\$RUNTIME_DIRECTORY"/ro-file && /bin/sleep infinity'
+Type=exec
+EOF
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+
+! test -e /etc/testservice
+! test -e /run/testservice
+! test -e /var/lib/testservice
+! test -e /var/cache/testservice
+! test -e /var/log/testservice
+
+systemctl start testservice
+
+ls -l /run/testservice
+
+test -e /run/testservice/ro-file
+
+systemctl stop testservice
+
+! test -e /run/testservice
+
+systemctl clean testservice --what=all
+
 cat > /etc/systemd/system/testservice.service <<EOF
 [Service]
 DynamicUser=yes