diff --git a/src/pipewire/conf.c b/src/pipewire/conf.c
index c0fc68c66..541b0fdc6 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/conf.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/conf.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,12 @@ int pw_conf_match_rules(const char *str, size_t len, const char *location,
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (!have_match || !have_actions)
+		if (!have_match)
 			continue;
+		if (!have_actions) {
+			pw_log_warn("no actions for match rule '%.*s'", (int)len, str);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		while (spa_json_get_string(&actions, key, sizeof(key)) > 0) {
 			int res, len;