diff --git a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
index f7c8d11ace..87b8b77f22 100644
--- a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
+++ b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static int add_mount(
         assert(what);
         assert(where);
         assert(opts);
+        assert(post);
         assert(source);
 
         if (streq_ptr(fstype, "autofs"))
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ static int add_mount(
                 "Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8)\n",
                 source);
 
-        if (post && !noauto && !nofail && !automount)
+        if (!noauto && !nofail && !automount)
                 fprintf(f, "Before=%s\n", post);
 
         if (!automount && opts) {
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ static int add_mount(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to write unit file %s: %m", unit);
 
-        if (!noauto && post) {
+        if (!noauto) {
                 lnk = strjoin(arg_dest, "/", post, nofail || automount ? ".wants/" : ".requires/", name, NULL);
                 if (!lnk)
                         return log_oom();
@@ -368,10 +369,7 @@ static int add_mount(
                         "Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8)\n",
                         source);
 
-                if (post)
-                        fprintf(f,
-                                "Before=%s\n",
-                                post);
+                fprintf(f, "Before=%s\n", post);
 
                 if (opts) {
                         r = write_requires_after(f, opts);