diff --git a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
index b6495a2581..666cd52e47 100644
--- a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
+++ b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
@@ -64,20 +64,21 @@ static int process_resume(const HibernateInfo *info) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to generate device unit name from path '%s': %m", info->device);
 
-        /* If hibernate info is acquired from EFI variable, don't wait forever by default. Otherwise, if
-         * swap device is not present and HibernateLocation was not correctly cleared, we end up blocking
-         * the boot process infinitely. */
-        r = write_drop_in_format(arg_dest, device_unit, 40, "device-timeout",
-                                 "# Automatically generated by systemd-hibernate-resume-generator\n\n"
-                                 "[Unit]\n"
-                                 "JobTimeoutSec=%s\n",
-                                 info->cmdline ? "infinity" : "2min");
-        if (r < 0)
-                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to write device timeout drop-in, ignoring: %m");
-
         r = generator_write_device_timeout(arg_dest, info->device, arg_resume_options ?: arg_root_options, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to write device timeout drop-in, ignoring: %m");
+        if (r <= 0) {
+                /* No timeout explicitly defined? Wait infinitely if resume= is specified, 2min if from EFI
+                 * HibernateLocation variable. In the latter case, we avoid blocking the boot process forever
+                 * if a stale var is detected while the swap device is not present. */
+                r = write_drop_in_format(arg_dest, device_unit, 40, "device-timeout",
+                                         "# Automatically generated by systemd-hibernate-resume-generator\n\n"
+                                         "[Unit]\n"
+                                         "JobTimeoutSec=%s\n",
+                                         info->cmdline ? "infinity" : "2min");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to write fallback device timeout drop-in, ignoring: %m");
+        }
 
         r = write_drop_in_format(arg_dest, SPECIAL_HIBERNATE_RESUME_SERVICE, 90, "device-dependency",
                                  "# Automatically generated by systemd-hibernate-resume-generator\n\n"