diff --git a/src/oom/oomd-manager.c b/src/oom/oomd-manager.c
index 4a43807b87..08a29ec77b 100644
--- a/src/oom/oomd-manager.c
+++ b/src/oom/oomd-manager.c
@@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ static int monitor_memory_pressure_contexts_handler(sd_event_source *s, uint64_t
                         else
                                 clear_candidates = NULL;
 
-                        r = oomd_kill_by_pgscan_rate(m->monitored_mem_pressure_cgroup_contexts_candidates, t->path, m->dry_run, &selected);
+                        r = oomd_kill_by_pgscan_rate(m->monitored_mem_pressure_cgroup_contexts_candidates,
+                                                     /* prefix= */ t->path,
+                                                     /* dry_run= */ m->dry_run,
+                                                     &selected);
                         if (r == -ENOMEM)
                                 return log_oom();
                         if (r < 0)
diff --git a/src/oom/oomd-util.c b/src/oom/oomd-util.c
index f97b771c50..49c10b5e16 100644
--- a/src/oom/oomd-util.c
+++ b/src/oom/oomd-util.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int oomd_kill_by_pgscan_rate(Hashmap *h, const char *prefix, bool dry_run, char
                 if (sorted[i]->pgscan == 0 && sorted[i]->current_memory_usage == 0)
                         continue;
 
-                r = oomd_cgroup_kill(sorted[i]->path, true, dry_run);
+                r = oomd_cgroup_kill(sorted[i]->path, /* recurse= */ true, /* dry_run= */ dry_run);
                 if (r == -ENOMEM)
                         return r; /* Treat oom as a hard error */
                 if (r < 0) {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int oomd_kill_by_swap_usage(Hashmap *h, uint64_t threshold_usage, bool dry_run,
                 if (sorted[i]->swap_usage <= threshold_usage)
                         continue;
 
-                r = oomd_cgroup_kill(sorted[i]->path, true, dry_run);
+                r = oomd_cgroup_kill(sorted[i]->path, /* recurse= */ true, /* dry_run= */ dry_run);
                 if (r == -ENOMEM)
                         return r; /* Treat oom as a hard error */
                 if (r < 0) {