diff --git a/cmd/mount_zfs/mount_zfs.c b/cmd/mount_zfs/mount_zfs.c
index 6dd831d769..9a82a2b170 100644
--- a/cmd/mount_zfs/mount_zfs.c
+++ b/cmd/mount_zfs/mount_zfs.c
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return (MOUNT_USAGE);
 	}
 
-	if (!zfsutil && strcmp(legacy, ZFS_MOUNTPOINT_LEGACY) && !remount) {
+	if (!zfsutil && !(remount || fake) &&
+	    strcmp(legacy, ZFS_MOUNTPOINT_LEGACY)) {
 		(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext(
 		    "filesystem '%s' cannot be mounted using 'mount'.\n"
 		    "Use 'zfs set mountpoint=%s' or 'zfs mount %s'.\n"