diff --git a/init.d/localmount.in b/init.d/localmount.in
index 6785a0be..31684191 100644
--- a/init.d/localmount.in
+++ b/init.d/localmount.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description="Mounts disks and swap according to /etc/fstab."
 depend()
 {
 	need fsck
-	use lvm modules mtab root
+	use lvm modules root
 	after clock lvm modules root
 	keyword -docker -jail -lxc -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
diff --git a/init.d/mtab.in b/init.d/mtab.in
index 80ef275c..9e0c1a6e 100644
--- a/init.d/mtab.in
+++ b/init.d/mtab.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ description="Update /etc/mtab to match what the kernel knows about"
 depend()
 {
 	after clock
+	before localmount
 	need root
 	keyword -prefix -systemd-nspawn
 }