diff --git a/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount b/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount
index 3e3ee5f36..bdf07c7a0 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount
+++ b/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Systemd persistent logging
 DefaultDependencies=no
-Requires=mnt-overlay.mount
-After=mnt-overlay.mount
+Requires=mnt-overlay.mount systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
+After=mnt-overlay.mount systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
 Before=umount.target
 Conflicts=umount.target