diff --git a/units/tmp.mount b/units/tmp.mount
index 99a3ba3f6c..00a0d28722 100644
--- a/units/tmp.mount
+++ b/units/tmp.mount
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 Description=Temporary Directory
 Documentation=man:hier(7)
 Documentation=http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems
+ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=!/tmp
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=umount.target
 Before=local-fs.target umount.target