1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/install.c b/src/shared/install.c
index 735e1f5b0e..28e07a23a5 100644
--- a/src/shared/install.c
+++ b/src/shared/install.c
@@ -1752,12 +1752,16 @@ static int install_info_symlink_wants(
         if (strv_isempty(list))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (unit_name_is_valid(i->name, UNIT_NAME_TEMPLATE) && i->default_instance) {
+        if (unit_name_is_valid(i->name, UNIT_NAME_TEMPLATE)) {
                 UnitFileInstallInfo instance = {
                         .type = _UNIT_FILE_TYPE_INVALID,
                 };
                 _cleanup_free_ char *path = NULL;
 
+                /* If this is a template, and we have no instance, don't do anything */
+                if (!i->default_instance)
+                        return 1;
+
                 r = unit_name_replace_instance(i->name, i->default_instance, &buf);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;