diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
index 01a7731f7e..07fce01ba0 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ depend()
 
 	# bootmisc will log to /var which may be a different zfs than root.
 	before bootmisc logger
+	use mtab
 	keyword -lxc -openvz -prefix -vserver
 }