diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 9b9c3af252..6c73a12548 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -1149,10 +1149,7 @@ static int dissect_image(
 
                 /* If flags permit this, also allow using non-partitioned single-filesystem images */
 
-                if (root_fstype_string)
-                        usage = encrypted ? "crypto" : "filesystem";
-                else
-                        (void) sym_blkid_probe_lookup_value(b, "USAGE", &usage, NULL);
+                (void) sym_blkid_probe_lookup_value(b, "USAGE", &usage, NULL);
                 if (STRPTR_IN_SET(usage, "filesystem", "crypto")) {
                         _cleanup_free_ char *t = NULL;
                         const char *fstype = NULL;