diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index dc938d00d..a7b66f34e 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static void mount_enter_mounting(Mount *m) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *opts = NULL;
 
                 r = fstab_filter_options(m->parameters_fragment.options,
-                                         "nofail\0" "fail\0" "noauto\0" "auto\0", NULL, NULL, &opts);
+                                         "nofail\0" "noauto\0" "auto\0", NULL, NULL, &opts);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto fail;