diff --git a/src/mountfsd/mountfsd.c b/src/mountfsd/mountfsd.c
index e34eb181f2d..fa2aa735dfa 100644
--- a/src/mountfsd/mountfsd.c
+++ b/src/mountfsd/mountfsd.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Event loop failed: %m");
 
-        return 0;
+        return r;
 }
 
-DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION(run);
+DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION_WITH_POSITIVE_FAILURE(run);
diff --git a/src/nsresourced/nsresourced.c b/src/nsresourced/nsresourced.c
index c261f3c550f..cbc029d072f 100644
--- a/src/nsresourced/nsresourced.c
+++ b/src/nsresourced/nsresourced.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Event loop failed: %m");
 
-        return 0;
+        return r;
 }
 
-DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION(run);
+DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION_WITH_POSITIVE_FAILURE(run);
diff --git a/src/userdb/userdbd.c b/src/userdb/userdbd.c
index f5a5eece8cd..de132bc1306 100644
--- a/src/userdb/userdbd.c
+++ b/src/userdb/userdbd.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Event loop failed: %m");
 
-        return 0;
+        return r;
 }
 
-DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION(run);
+DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION_WITH_POSITIVE_FAILURE(run);