diff --git a/units/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount b/units/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
index 6edd1f55d3e..658b55dc327 100644
--- a/units/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
+++ b/units/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 Description=Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Before=sysinit.target
-ConditionPathExists=/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/
+ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/proc/sys/
 
 [Automount]
 Where=/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
diff --git a/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in b/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
index 267d5c3fd83..8d288066dcc 100644
--- a/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
 After=systemd-readahead-collect.service systemd-readahead-replay.service proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
 Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target
+ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/proc/sys/
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/usr/lib/binfmt.d
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/usr/local/lib/binfmt.d
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/etc/binfmt.d