diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
index b04eb3912c..2eda6ae03a 100644
--- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ int config_parse(const char *unit,
                         return r;
                 }
                 if (r < 0) {
-                        if (CONFIG_PARSE_WARN)
+                        if (FLAGS_SET(flags, CONFIG_PARSE_WARN))
                                 log_error_errno(r, "%s:%u: Error while reading configuration file: %m", filename, line);
 
                         return r;