diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 2b568daa23..c49c208078 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -1632,12 +1632,12 @@ static int clean_item(Item *i) {
         case CREATE_SUBVOLUME:
         case CREATE_SUBVOLUME_INHERIT_QUOTA:
         case CREATE_SUBVOLUME_NEW_QUOTA:
-        case EMPTY_DIRECTORY:
         case TRUNCATE_DIRECTORY:
         case IGNORE_PATH:
         case COPY_FILES:
                 clean_item_instance(i, i->path);
                 return 0;
+        case EMPTY_DIRECTORY:
         case IGNORE_DIRECTORY_PATH:
                 return glob_item(i, clean_item_instance, false);
         default: