diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 59f2e56e08..eeb40bc747 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ func ConvertPod(podUnit *parser.UnitFile, name string, podsInfoMap map[string]*P
 	}
 
 	service := podUnit.Dup()
-	service.Filename = replaceExtension(podInfo.ServiceName, ".service", "", "")
+	service.Filename = fmt.Sprintf("%s.service", podInfo.ServiceName)
 
 	if podUnit.Path != "" {
 		service.Add(UnitGroup, "SourcePath", podUnit.Path)