diff --git a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
index ea5ceb39ca..8fc4c8d179 100644
--- a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
+++ b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int parse_fstab(bool initrd) {
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                where = initrd ? strappend("/sysroot/", me->mnt_dir) : strdup(me->mnt_dir);
+                where = strdup(me->mnt_dir);
                 if (!where)
                         return log_oom();