diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
index be73cfa3f0..33575e65ef 100644
--- a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
@@ -2010,6 +2010,9 @@ int cg_unified_cached(bool flush) {
                                 unified_cache = CGROUP_UNIFIED_NONE;
                         }
                 }
+        } else if (F_TYPE_EQUAL(fs.f_type, SYSFS_MAGIC)) {
+                return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOMEDIUM),
+                                       "No filesystem is currently mounted on /sys/fs/cgroup.");
         } else
                 return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOMEDIUM),
                                        "Unknown filesystem type %llx mounted on /sys/fs/cgroup.",