diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index b34103d7d3..eeee395b90 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,11 @@ static bool manager_dbus_is_running(Manager *m, bool deserialized) {
         u = manager_get_unit(m, SPECIAL_DBUS_SERVICE);
         if (!u)
                 return false;
-        if (!IN_SET((deserialized ? SERVICE(u)->deserialized_state : SERVICE(u)->state), SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_RELOAD))
+        if (!IN_SET((deserialized ? SERVICE(u)->deserialized_state : SERVICE(u)->state),
+                    SERVICE_RUNNING,
+                    SERVICE_RELOAD,
+                    SERVICE_RELOAD_NOTIFY,
+                    SERVICE_RELOAD_SIGNAL))
                 return false;
 
         return true;