diff --git a/lisp/tramp-gvfs.el b/lisp/tramp-gvfs.el
index 6e116731..526dfcb6 100644
--- a/lisp/tramp-gvfs.el
+++ b/lisp/tramp-gvfs.el
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ This uses \"avahi-browse\" in case D-Bus is not enabled in Avahi."
   (let (tramp-gvfs-dbus-event-vector tramp-verbose fun)
     ;; Add completion functions for services announced by DNS-SD.
     ;; See <http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html> for valid service types.
-    (zeroconf-init tramp-gvfs-zeroconf-domain)
+    (dbus-ignore-errors (zeroconf-init tramp-gvfs-zeroconf-domain))
     (when (setq fun (or (and (zeroconf-list-service-types)
 			     #'tramp-zeroconf-parse-device-names)
 			(and (executable-find "avahi-browse")