diff --git a/src/basic/mount-util.c b/src/basic/mount-util.c
index 7b9400b47ca..cff44116c88 100644
--- a/src/basic/mount-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/mount-util.c
@@ -552,6 +552,32 @@ bool fstype_is_network(const char *fstype) {
         return nulstr_contains(table, fstype);
 }
 
+bool fstype_is_api_vfs(const char *fstype) {
+        static const char table[] =
+                "autofs\0"
+                "bpf\0"
+                "cgroup\0"
+                "cgroup2\0"
+                "configfs\0"
+                "cpuset\0"
+                "debugfs\0"
+                "devpts\0"
+                "devtmpfs\0"
+                "efivarfs\0"
+                "hugetlbfs\0"
+                "mqueue\0"
+                "proc\0"
+                "pstore\0"
+                "ramfs\0"
+                "securityfs\0"
+                "sysfs\0"
+                "tmpfs\0"
+                "tracefs\0"
+                ;
+
+        return nulstr_contains(table, fstype);
+}
+
 int repeat_unmount(const char *path, int flags) {
         bool done = false;
 
diff --git a/src/basic/mount-util.h b/src/basic/mount-util.h
index 2e24a184c53..70af11c2ff0 100644
--- a/src/basic/mount-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/mount-util.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(FILE*, endmntent);
 #define _cleanup_endmntent_ _cleanup_(endmntentp)
 
 bool fstype_is_network(const char *fstype);
+bool fstype_is_api_vfs(const char *fstype);
 
 union file_handle_union {
         struct file_handle handle;
diff --git a/src/mount/mount-tool.c b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
index 10bb5dda63a..3c974adddad 100644
--- a/src/mount/mount-tool.c
+++ b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "fstab-util.h"
+#include "mount-util.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
@@ -330,7 +331,12 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return -EINVAL;
                 }
 
-                if (arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
+                if (arg_mount_type && (fstype_is_api_vfs(arg_mount_type) || fstype_is_network(arg_mount_type))) {
+                        arg_mount_what = strdup(argv[optind]);
+                        if (!arg_mount_what)
+                                return log_oom();
+
+                } else if (arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
                         _cleanup_free_ char *u = NULL, *p = NULL;
 
                         u = fstab_node_to_udev_node(argv[optind]);