It really seems to be dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1 You can quick compare this: root@j-vm:~# grep mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra* /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.list:/lib/systemd/system/run-qemu.mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.md5sums:3cf5dc7461348db7d58b6b99b5878731 lib/systemd/system/run-qemu.mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: if deb-systemd-helper debian-installed 'run-qemu.mount'; then /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-helper unmask 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: if deb-systemd-helper --quiet was-enabled 'run-qemu.mount'; then /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-helper enable 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-helper update-state 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-invoke $_dh_action 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst:# dh_installsystemd will not fully enable or start .mount units, but we want /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: systemctl enable 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-invoke start 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postrm: deb-systemd-helper mask 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postrm: deb-systemd-helper purge 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postrm: deb-systemd-helper unmask 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postrm:case $1 in (purge) if systemctl is-active -q run-qemu.mount; then systemctl stop run-qemu.mount || true; fi; rm -rf "/run/qemu";; esac /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.prerm: deb-systemd-invoke stop 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true root@m-vm:~# grep mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra* /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.list:/lib/systemd/system/run-qemu.mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.md5sums:3cf5dc7461348db7d58b6b99b5878731 lib/systemd/system/run-qemu.mount /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst:# dh_installsystemd will not fully enable or start .mount units, but we want /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: systemctl enable 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst: deb-systemd-invoke start 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postrm:case $1 in (purge) if systemctl is-active -q run-qemu.mount; then systemctl stop run-qemu.mount || true; fi; rm -rf "/run/qemu";; esac The criticial bit is this line: /var/lib/dpkg/info/qemu-block-extra.postinst:63: deb-systemd-invoke $_dh_action 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true This is the full section: # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installsystemd/13.6ubuntu1 if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-deconfigure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-remove" ] ; then if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true if [ -n "$2" ]; then _dh_action=restart else _dh_action=start fi deb-systemd-invoke $_dh_action 'run-qemu.mount' >/dev/null || true fi fi # End automatically added section So on "configure" (which is called on upgrade) this will call deb-systemd-invoke $_dh_action 'run-qemu.mount' with _dh_action=restart That is ... wrong --no-restart-on-upgrade should prevent this, but doesn't