diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
index 3eab749..8342c13 100644
--- a/src/core/service.c
+++ b/src/core/service.c
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ static void service_enter_restart(Service *s) {
          * restarted. We use JOB_RESTART (instead of the more obvious
          * JOB_START) here so that those dependency jobs will be added
          * as well. */
-        r = manager_add_job(UNIT(s)->manager, JOB_RESTART, UNIT(s), JOB_FAIL, &error, NULL);
+        r = manager_add_job(UNIT(s)->manager, JOB_RESTART, UNIT(s), JOB_REPLACE, &error, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 goto fail;