diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 56b6281af..fde4c847f 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
 
+/**
+ * Does the given @p device contain the root filesystem? This is true if
+ * the device contains a partition which is currently mounted at / .
+ */
 static bool
 hasRootPartition( Device* device )
 {
@@ -64,6 +68,19 @@ hasRootPartition( Device* device )
     return false;
 }
 
+static bool
+isMounted( Device* device )
+{
+    cDebug() << "Checking for mounted partitions in" << device->deviceNode();
+    for ( auto it = PartitionIterator::begin( device ); it != PartitionIterator::end( device ); ++it )
+    {
+        cDebug() << "  .." << ( *it )->partitionPath() << "mount" << ( *it )->mountPoint();
+        if ( ! ( *it )->mountPoint().isEmpty() )
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 static bool
 isIso9660( const Device* device )
 {
@@ -162,9 +179,12 @@ PartitionCoreModule::doInit()
 
     // Remove the device which contains / from the list
     for ( DeviceList::iterator it = devices.begin(); it != devices.end(); )
-        if ( ! ( *it ) || hasRootPartition( *it ) ||
-                ( *it )->deviceNode().startsWith( "/dev/zram" ) ||
-                isIso9660( *it ) )
+        if ( ! ( *it ) ||
+                hasRootPartition( *it ) ||
+                isIso9660( *it ) ||
+                isMounted( *it ) ||
+                ( *it )->deviceNode().startsWith( "/dev/zram" )
+           )
         {
             cDebug() << "  .. Winnowing" << ( ( *it ) ? ( *it )->deviceNode() : QString( "<null device>" ) );
             it = devices.erase( it );