diff --git a/dracut-module-setup.sh b/dracut-module-setup.sh
index 2dd0b6ac..89af43de 100755
--- a/dracut-module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut-module-setup.sh
@@ -1041,6 +1041,9 @@ install() {
     # Also redirect dracut-emergency to kdump error handler
     ln_r "$systemdsystemunitdir/emergency.service" "$systemdsystemunitdir/dracut-emergency.service"
 
+    # Disable ostree as we only need the physical root
+    systemctl -q --root "$initdir" mask ostree-prepare-root.service
+
     # Check for all the devices and if any device is iscsi, bring up iscsi
     # target. Ideally all this should be pushed into dracut iscsi module
     # at some point of time.