diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4 b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
index 123de6ea42..f82e0b82ce 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ t /etc/mtab - - - - security.SMACK64=_
 m4_ifdef(`ENABLE_RESOLVE',
 L! /etc/resolv.conf - - - - ../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf
 )m4_dnl
-C /etc/nsswitch.conf - - - -
+C! /etc/nsswitch.conf - - - -
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_PAM',
-C /etc/pam.d - - - -
+C! /etc/pam.d - - - -
 )m4_dnl
-C /etc/issue - - - -
+C! /etc/issue - - - -