I checked on a machine running Tumbleweed. Before applying the patch, btrfsmaintenance-refresh.path triggered btrfsmaintenance-refresh.service while /etc/fstab processing was underway. Journalctl listed 4 reloads of systemd. After applying the patch btrfsmaintenance-refresh.service wasn't triggered anymore. No reloads of systemd occured. Additionally default state of units should be checked: erlangen:~ # systemctl list-unit-files btrfsmaintenance-refresh.* UNIT FILE STATE btrfsmaintenance-refresh.path enabled btrfsmaintenance-refresh.service disabled 2 unit files listed. erlangen:~ #