diff --git a/src/modules/umount/umount.conf b/src/modules/umount/umount.conf
index 9fb922740..5842c8780 100644
--- a/src/modules/umount/umount.conf
+++ b/src/modules/umount/umount.conf
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 ---
 # Setting emergency to true will make it so this module is still run
 # when a prior module fails
-emergency: false
+emergency: true