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..c2fae1342 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount
+++ b/buildroot-external/overlay/etc/systemd/system/var-log-journal.mount
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Systemd persistent logging
 DefaultDependencies=no
-Requires=mnt-overlay.mount
+Requires=mnt-overlay.mount systemd-journald.service
 After=mnt-overlay.mount
-Before=umount.target
-Conflicts=umount.target
+Before=systemd-journald.service
 
 [Mount]
 What=/mnt/overlay/var/log/journal