diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index cf19af10b1..0964eb1864 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -342,10 +342,9 @@ static int mount_add_device_dependencies(Mount *m) {
         if (!is_device_path(p->what))
                 return 0;
 
-        /* /dev/root is a really weird thing, it's not a real device,
-         * but just a path the kernel exports for the root file system
-         * specified on the kernel command line. Ignore it here. */
-        if (path_equal(p->what, "/dev/root"))
+        /* /dev/root is a really weird thing, it's not a real device, but just a path the kernel exports for
+         * the root file system specified on the kernel command line. Ignore it here. */
+        if (PATH_IN_SET(p->what, "/dev/root", "/dev/nfs"))
                 return 0;
 
         if (path_equal(m->where, "/"))