diff --git a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-env-bootfs.service.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-env-bootfs.service.in
index 7ebab4c1a58d..866b1c289ef4 100644
--- a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-env-bootfs.service.in
+++ b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-env-bootfs.service.in
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '
     . /lib/dracut-zfs-lib.sh;                                                                  \
     decode_root_args || exit 0;                                                                \
     [ "$root" = "zfs:AUTO" ] && root="$(@sbindir@/zpool list -H -o bootfs | grep -m1 -vFx -)"; \
-    rootflags="$(getarg rootflags=)";                                                          \
-    case ",$rootflags," in                                                                     \
-        *,zfsutil,*) ;;                                                                        \
-        ,,) rootflags=zfsutil ;;                                                               \
-        *)  rootflags="zfsutil,$rootflags" ;;                                                  \
-    esac;                                                                                      \
+    determine_rootflags; \
     exec systemctl set-environment BOOTFS="$root" BOOTFSFLAGS="$rootflags"'
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
index 7139e2e6fe4b..a214b7105dcb 100755
--- a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
+++ b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
@@ -118,3 +118,19 @@ decode_root_args() {
 
     return 1
 }
+
+# Gets rootflags and adds zfsutil for non-legacy mountpoints.
+# Requires that decode_root_args() has already been called and $root is set.
+determine_rootflags() {
+    rootflags="$(getarg rootflags=)"
+
+    mountpoint="$(zfs get -H -o value mountpoint "$root")"
+
+    if [ "$mountpoint" != legacy ]; then
+        case ",$rootflags," in
+            *,zfsutil,*) ;;
+            ,,) rootflags=zfsutil ;;
+            *)  rootflags="zfsutil,$rootflags" ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+}