diff --git a/units/initrd-parse-etc.service b/units/initrd-parse-etc.service
index 4bfbb0f9fbc..3a71a7ec568 100644
--- a/units/initrd-parse-etc.service
+++ b/units/initrd-parse-etc.service
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ ConditionPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/systemctl daemon-reload
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl start local-fs.target
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl --no-block start initrd-cleanup.service