diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 6fff94d19b..8a396f67f6 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static int mount_set_mount_command(Mount *m, ExecCommand *c, const MountParamete
         }
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *opts = NULL;
-        r = fstab_filter_options(p->options, "nofail\0" "noauto\0" "auto\0", NULL, NULL, NULL, &opts);
+        r = fstab_filter_options(p->options, "nofail\0" "fail\0" "noauto\0" "auto\0", NULL, NULL, NULL, &opts);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;