diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
index 9c9160fd4e4..f27b99dc788 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
@@ -1420,6 +1420,9 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_method(sd_varlink *v) {
                 varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD_MORE);
                 break;
 
+        case VARLINK_DISCONNECTED: /* Handler called sd_varlink_close() on us, which is fine */
+                break;
+
         default:
                 assert_not_reached();
         }