diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
index b6b005636..b6550ed3c 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int client_context_new(ClientContext **out) {
 
         c = new0(ClientContext, 1);
         if (!c)
-                return log_oom();
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         c->fd = -1;