diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 69cb6e24e4..fab922ea9e 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -687,8 +687,10 @@ static void mount_set_state(Mount *m, MountState state) {
                  state == MOUNT_REMOUNTING_SIGKILL ||
                  state == MOUNT_UNMOUNTING_SIGTERM ||
                  state == MOUNT_UNMOUNTING_SIGKILL ||
-                 state == MOUNT_FAILED)
-                mount_notify_automount(m, -ENODEV);
+                 state == MOUNT_FAILED) {
+		if (state != old_state)
+			mount_notify_automount(m, -ENODEV);
+	}
 
         if (state != old_state)
                 log_debug("%s changed %s -> %s",