diff --git a/src/login/logind-dbus.c b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
index d8d24d60c9..eb19577e79 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-dbus.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
@@ -2088,10 +2088,10 @@ static int method_do_shutdown_or_sleep(
                                                 "Both reboot via kexec and soft reboot selected, which is not supported");
 
                 if (action != HANDLE_REBOOT) {
-                        if (flags & SD_LOGIND_REBOOT_VIA_KEXEC)
+                        if (FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_LOGIND_REBOOT_VIA_KEXEC))
                                 return sd_bus_error_set(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS,
                                                         "Reboot via kexec option is only applicable with reboot operations");
-                        if ((flags & SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT) || (flags & SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT_IF_NEXTROOT_SET_UP))
+                        if (flags & (SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT|SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT_IF_NEXTROOT_SET_UP))
                                 return sd_bus_error_set(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS,
                                                         "Soft reboot option is only applicable with reboot operations");
                 }
@@ -2110,10 +2110,10 @@ static int method_do_shutdown_or_sleep(
 
         const HandleActionData *a = NULL;
 
-        if ((flags & SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT) ||
-            ((flags & SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT_IF_NEXTROOT_SET_UP) && path_is_os_tree("/run/nextroot") > 0))
+        if (FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT) ||
+            (FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT_IF_NEXTROOT_SET_UP) && path_is_os_tree("/run/nextroot") > 0))
                 a = handle_action_lookup(HANDLE_SOFT_REBOOT);
-        else if ((flags & SD_LOGIND_REBOOT_VIA_KEXEC) && kexec_loaded())
+        else if (FLAGS_SET(flags, SD_LOGIND_REBOOT_VIA_KEXEC) && kexec_loaded())
                 a = handle_action_lookup(HANDLE_KEXEC);
 
         if (action == HANDLE_SLEEP) {
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-logind.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-logind.c
index 2e35413b5f..1147c96683 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-logind.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-logind.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "bus-error.h"
 #include "bus-locator.h"
 #include "login-util.h"
+#include "mountpoint-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "systemctl-logind.h"
 #include "systemctl-start-unit.h"
@@ -84,9 +85,12 @@ int logind_reboot(enum action a) {
         SET_FLAG(flags,
                  SD_LOGIND_REBOOT_VIA_KEXEC,
                  a == ACTION_KEXEC || (a == ACTION_REBOOT && getenv_bool("SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_AUTO_KEXEC") <= 0));
+        /* Try to soft-reboot if /run/nextroot/ is a valid OS tree, but only if it's also a mount point.
+         * Otherwise, if people store new rootfs directly on /run/ tmpfs, 'systemctl reboot' would always
+         * soft-reboot, as /run/nextroot/ can never go away. */
         SET_FLAG(flags,
                  SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT_IF_NEXTROOT_SET_UP,
-                 a == ACTION_REBOOT && getenv_bool("SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_AUTO_SOFT_REBOOT") <= 0);
+                 a == ACTION_REBOOT && getenv_bool("SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_AUTO_SOFT_REBOOT") <= 0 && path_is_mount_point("/run/nextroot") > 0);
         SET_FLAG(flags, SD_LOGIND_SOFT_REBOOT, a == ACTION_SOFT_REBOOT);
 
         r = bus_call_method(bus, bus_login_mgr, method_with_flags, &error, NULL, "t", flags);