diff --git a/systemd-tmpfiles.filetrigger b/systemd-tmpfiles.filetrigger
index 14b7fc1..e6f97a0 100755
--- a/systemd-tmpfiles.filetrigger
+++ b/systemd-tmpfiles.filetrigger
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+[ -L /proc/1/root ] || exit 0
+
+rc=0
 LC_ALL=C egrep -s '^/(lib|etc)/tmpfiles.d/.+\.conf' | sort -u |
 while read -r file; do
 	if [ -f $file ]; then
-		systemd-tmpfiles --create $file
+		systemd-tmpfiles --create $file || rc=1
 	fi
 done
+exit $rc