diff --git a/sbin/hastd/proto_uds.c b/sbin/hastd/proto_uds.c
index 13292c0ebb31..8429d85233b3 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/proto_uds.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/proto_uds.c
@@ -319,7 +319,12 @@ uds_close(void *ctx)
 	 */
 	if (uctx->uc_side == UDS_SIDE_SERVER_LISTEN &&
 	    uctx->uc_owner == getpid()) {
-		(void)unlink(uctx->uc_sun.sun_path);
+		PJDLOG_ASSERT(uctx->uc_sun.sun_path[0] != '\0');
+		if (unlink(uctx->uc_sun.sun_path) == -1) {
+			pjdlog_errno(LOG_WARNING,
+			    "Unable to unlink socket file %s",
+			    uctx->uc_sun.sun_path);
+		}
 	}
 	uctx->uc_owner = 0;
 	uctx->uc_magic = 0;