diff --git a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
index 2677a3fb32..50d350fce8 100644
--- a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
+++ b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int add_mount(
                 "Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8)\n",
                 source);
 
-        if (!noauto && !nofail && !automount)
+        if (!nofail && !automount)
                 fprintf(f, "Before=%s\n", post);
 
         if (!automount && opts) {