diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 4e6323d1bd..185ec3f6a7 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -4609,7 +4609,7 @@ int unit_require_mounts_for(Unit *u, const char *path, UnitDependencyMask mask)
         if (!p)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        path = path_simplify(p, false);
+        path = path_simplify(p, true);
 
         if (!path_is_normalized(path))
                 return -EPERM;