diff --git a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
index 6cb335608b..49e84b44e3 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-cgroup.c
@@ -1312,11 +1312,10 @@ int bus_cgroup_set_property(
                         if (c->cpu_quota_per_sec_usec == USEC_INFINITY)
                                 unit_write_setting(u, flags, "CPUQuota", "CPUQuota=");
                         else
-                                /* config_parse_cpu_quota() requires an integer, so truncating division is used on
-                                 * purpose here. */
                                 unit_write_settingf(u, flags, "CPUQuota",
-                                                    "CPUQuota=%0.f%%",
-                                                    (double) (c->cpu_quota_per_sec_usec / 10000));
+                                                    "CPUQuota=" USEC_FMT ".%02" PRI_USEC "%%",
+                                                    c->cpu_quota_per_sec_usec / 10000,
+                                                    (c->cpu_quota_per_sec_usec % 10000) / 100);
                 }
 
                 return 1;
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
index 117ffb81f3..ae7a5d6eb6 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ systemctl revert "$UNIT_NAME"
 systemctl set-property --runtime "$UNIT_NAME" CPUAccounting=no CPUQuota=10%
 systemctl cat "$UNIT_NAME"
 grep -r "CPUAccounting=no" "/run/systemd/system.control/${UNIT_NAME}.d/"
-grep -r "CPUQuota=10%" "/run/systemd/system.control/${UNIT_NAME}.d/"
+grep -r "CPUQuota=10.00%" "/run/systemd/system.control/${UNIT_NAME}.d/"
 systemctl revert "$UNIT_NAME"
 (! grep -r "CPUAccounting=" "/run/systemd/system.control/${UNIT_NAME}.d/")
 (! grep -r "CPUQuota=" "/run/systemd/system.control/${UNIT_NAME}.d/")