diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index dc86031c0..dc938d00d 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -898,7 +898,14 @@ static void mount_enter_mounting(Mount *m) {
         if (r < 0)
                 goto fail;
 
-        if (m->from_fragment)
+        if (m->from_fragment) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *opts = NULL;
+
+                r = fstab_filter_options(m->parameters_fragment.options,
+                                         "nofail\0" "fail\0" "noauto\0" "auto\0", NULL, NULL, &opts);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        goto fail;
+
                 r = exec_command_set(
                                 m->control_command,
                                 "/bin/mount",
@@ -906,9 +913,9 @@ static void mount_enter_mounting(Mount *m) {
                                 m->parameters_fragment.what,
                                 m->where,
                                 "-t", m->parameters_fragment.fstype ? m->parameters_fragment.fstype : "auto",
-                                m->parameters_fragment.options ? "-o" : NULL, m->parameters_fragment.options,
+                                isempty(opts) ? "-o" : NULL, isempty(opts) ? m->parameters_fragment.options : NULL,
                                 NULL);
-        else
+        } else
                 r = -ENOENT;
 
         if (r < 0)