diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 249c0e4108..7bcb94f1fe 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ Bugfixes:
 
 Features:
 
+* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
+
+* add shutdown inhibit API for usage by libvirt and friends
+
+* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
+
 * support chrony in addition to ntpd in timedated
 
 * journal: extend sd-journal.h logging calls to implicitly log function names/line numbers/...
diff --git a/src/socket.c b/src/socket.c
index ecaf3d2148..8704eff41d 100644
--- a/src/socket.c
+++ b/src/socket.c
@@ -1491,7 +1491,6 @@ static void socket_enter_running(Socket *s, int cfd) {
 
 fail:
         log_warning("%s failed to queue socket startup job: %s", UNIT(s)->id, bus_error(&error, r));
-        socket_enter_stop_pre(s, SOCKET_FAILURE_RESOURCES);
 
         if (cfd >= 0)
                 close_nointr_nofail(cfd);