diff --git a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-snapshot-bootfs.service.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-snapshot-bootfs.service.in
index befd163b6536..9e73d1a78724 100644
--- a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-snapshot-bootfs.service.in
+++ b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-snapshot-bootfs.service.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ ConditionKernelCommandLine=bootfs.snapshot
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '. /lib/dracut-zfs-lib.sh; decode_root_args || exit; [ "$root" = "zfs:AUTO" ] && root="$BOOTFS"; SNAPNAME="$(getarg bootfs.snapshot)"; exec @sbindir@/zfs snapshot "$root@${SNAPNAME:-%v}"'
+ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c '. /lib/dracut-zfs-lib.sh; decode_root_args || exit; [ "$root" = "zfs:AUTO" ] && root="$BOOTFS"; SNAPNAME="$(getarg bootfs.snapshot)"; exec @sbindir@/zfs snapshot "$root@${SNAPNAME:-%v}"'
 RemainAfterExit=yes