--- mountall.c.orig	2010-03-01 06:02:34.000000000 -0500
+++ mountall.c	2010-03-10 22:00:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -936,6 +936,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static int
+is_root (Mount *mnt)
+{
+	return ! strcmp (mnt->mountpoint, "/");
+}
+
 void
 mount_policy (void)
 {
@@ -1151,7 +1157,7 @@
 	if (tag == TAG_UNKNOWN) {
 		if (! strcmp (mnt->type, "swap")) {
 			tag = TAG_SWAP;
-		} else if (! strcmp (mnt->mountpoint, "/")) {
+		} else if (is_root (mnt)) {
 			nih_debug ("%s is root filesystem", MOUNT_NAME (mnt));
 			tag = TAG_LOCAL;
 		} else if (is_remote (mnt)) {
@@ -1728,7 +1734,7 @@
 
 	if (fake) {
  		spawn (mnt, args, TRUE, NULL);
-	} else if (! is_remote (mnt)) {
+	} else if (! is_remote (mnt) || is_root (mnt)) {
  		spawn (mnt, args, TRUE, run_mount_finished);
 	} else {
 		mnt->mount_pid = spawn (mnt, args, FALSE, run_mount_finished);