diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
index 40fb1c654b6..a1719109c60 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ do_mount(struct exportlist *ep, struct grouplist *grp, int exflags,
 		iov[5].iov_base = fsb->f_mntfromname; /* "from" */
 		iov[5].iov_len = strlen(fsb->f_mntfromname) + 1;
 
-		while (nmount(iov, iovlen, 0) < 0) {
+		while (nmount(iov, iovlen, fsb->f_flags) < 0) {
 			if (cp)
 				*cp-- = savedc;
 			else