diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
index 003adcf134..a484dc41c4 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
@@ -5024,7 +5024,7 @@ static int message_skip_fields(
 
                         *signature += l;
                 } else
-                        return -EINVAL;
+                        return -EBADMSG;
         }
 }
 
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