diff --git a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
index 8a49948780..0addb5a82c 100644
--- a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
+++ b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
@@ -690,8 +690,9 @@ static int add_root_mount(void) {
 
                 r = efi_loader_get_device_part_uuid(/* ret_uuid= */ NULL);
                 if (r == -ENOENT) {
-                        log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, exiting.\n"
-                                   "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)");
+                        log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, not processing %s.\n"
+                                   "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)",
+                                   in_initrd() ? "/sysroot" : "/");
                         return 0;
                 }
                 if (r < 0)