diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
index 43acb3a7a0..b7e86dbc0e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-extraconf/mount.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ automount_systemd() {
         rm_dir "$MOUNT_BASE/$name"
     else
         logger "mount.sh/automount" "Auto-mount of [$MOUNT_BASE/$name] successful"
-        touch "/tmp/.automount-$name"
+        echo "$name" > "/tmp/.automount-$name"
     fi
 }