diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.c b/src/basic/fs-util.c
index 5e1163c6a7..fdedeffb9a 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -721,6 +722,9 @@ int chase_symlinks(const char *path, const char *original_root, unsigned flags,
 
                 if (fstat(child, &st) < 0)
                         return -errno;
+                if ((flags & CHASE_NO_AUTOFS) &&
+                    fd_check_fstype(child, AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC) > 0)
+                        return -EREMOTE;
 
                 if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
                         char *joined;
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.h b/src/basic/fs-util.h
index 094acf1799..d3342d5cda 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int inotify_add_watch_fd(int fd, int what, uint32_t mask);
 enum {
         CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT = 1,   /* If set, the specified path will be prefixed by the specified root before beginning the iteration */
         CHASE_NONEXISTENT = 2,   /* If set, it's OK if the path doesn't actually exist. */
+        CHASE_NO_AUTOFS = 4,     /* If set, return -EREMOTE if autofs mount point found */
 };
 
 int chase_symlinks(const char *path_with_prefix, const char *root, unsigned flags, char **ret);
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 8f960cc0ed..875a886bf3 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -1664,6 +1664,9 @@ static int process_item(Item *i) {
                 }
         }
 
+        if (chase_symlinks(i->path, NULL, CHASE_NO_AUTOFS, NULL) == -EREMOTE)
+                return t;
+
         r = arg_create ? create_item(i) : 0;
         q = arg_remove ? remove_item(i) : 0;
         p = arg_clean ? clean_item(i) : 0;