diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 102bbef91b..39a9aaf2a0 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ static int mount_add_default_dependencies(Mount *m) {
         if (!p)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (path_equal(m->where, "/"))
+        if (path_equal(m->where, "/") ||
+            path_equal(m->where, "/usr"))
                 return 0;
 
         if (mount_is_network(p)) {