diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.h b/src/basic/path-util.h
index 52a93b1c3f..e2a51ff33a 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.h
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ static inline bool path_equal_ptr(const char *a, const char *b) {
 
 #define PATH_STARTSWITH_SET(p, ...)                             \
         ({                                                      \
-                char **s;                                       \
-                bool _found = false;                            \
-                STRV_FOREACH(s, STRV_MAKE(__VA_ARGS__))         \
-                        if (path_startswith(p, *s)) {           \
-                               _found = true;                   \
-                               break;                           \
-                        }                                       \
+                const char *_p = (p);                           \
+                char *_found = NULL, **_i;                      \
+                STRV_FOREACH(_i, STRV_MAKE(__VA_ARGS__)) {      \
+                        _found = path_startswith(_p, *_i);      \
+                        if (_found)                             \
+                                break;                          \
+                }                                               \
                 _found;                                         \
         })
 
diff --git a/src/test/test-path-util.c b/src/test/test-path-util.c
index fd5f598701..b5030ea494 100644
--- a/src/test/test-path-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-path-util.c
@@ -506,6 +506,27 @@ static void test_empty_or_root(void) {
         assert_se(!empty_or_root("//yy//"));
 }
 
+static void test_path_startswith_set(void) {
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz"), ""));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz"), "bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz"), "bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar", "/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz"), "foo/bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar", "/foo/quux", "", "/zzz"), NULL));
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar2", "/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz"), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar2", "/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz"), "bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar2", "/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz"), "bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar2", "/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz"), "foo/bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo/bar2", "/foo/quux", "", "/zzz"), NULL));
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz"), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz"), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz"), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz"), "foo2/bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "", "/zzz"), NULL));
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
 
@@ -525,6 +546,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test_hidden_or_backup_file();
         test_skip_dev_prefix();
         test_empty_or_root();
+        test_path_startswith_set();
 
         test_systemd_installation_has_version(argv[1]); /* NULL is OK */