diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index e31263ec7..8e785db61 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ int config_parse_exec(const char *unit,
                 }
 
         found:
-                n = new(char*, k + !honour_argv0);
+                /* If seperate_argv0, we'll move first element to path variable */
+                n = new(char*, MAX(k + !honour_argv0, 1u));
                 if (!n)
                         return log_oom();