diff --git a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
index bae67be09f1..8a4340c5ba9 100644
--- a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
+++ b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ static int add_mount(
 
         /* Order the mount unit we generate relative to the post unit, so that DefaultDependencies= on the
          * target unit won't affect us. */
-        if (post && !FLAGS_SET(flags, MOUNT_AUTOMOUNT) && !FLAGS_SET(flags, MOUNT_NOAUTO))
+        if (post && !FLAGS_SET(flags, MOUNT_AUTOMOUNT) && !FLAGS_SET(flags, MOUNT_NOAUTO) &&
+            !FLAGS_SET(flags, MOUNT_NOFAIL))
                 fprintf(f, "Before=%s\n", post);
 
         if (passno != 0) {