diff --git a/src/remount-fs/remount-fs.c b/src/remount-fs/remount-fs.c
index 25e661105b..2874a0390d 100644
--- a/src/remount-fs/remount-fs.c
+++ b/src/remount-fs/remount-fs.c
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ static int remount_by_fstab(Hashmap **ret_pids) {
 
         assert(ret_pids);
 
+        if (!fstab_enabled())
+                return 0;
+
         f = setmntent(fstab_path(), "re");
         if (!f) {
                 if (errno != ENOENT)