diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index c252ab5..c13c3b1 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     return {};
 }
 
-bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(const char*, const char*, bool* change) {
+bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(const char*, const char*, bool* change, bool) {
     if (change) *change = false;
     return false;
 }
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@
 
 // Returns false if setup not permitted, errno set to last error.
 // If something is altered, set *change.
-bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(const char* backing, const char* mount_point, bool* change) {
+bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(const char* backing, const char* mount_point, bool* change,
+                            bool force) {
     if (change) *change = false;
     auto ret = false;
     if (fs_mgr_overlayfs_valid() == OverlayfsValidResult::kNotSupported) return ret;
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@
             continue;
         }
         save_errno = errno;
-        auto verity_enabled = fs_mgr_is_verity_enabled(*it);
+        auto verity_enabled = !force && fs_mgr_is_verity_enabled(*it);
         if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENXIO) errno = save_errno;
         if (verity_enabled) {
             it = candidates.erase(it);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_remount.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_remount.cpp
index fcacd2a..967631b 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_remount.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_remount.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
     // Check verity and optionally setup overlayfs backing.
     auto reboot_later = false;
     auto uses_overlayfs = fs_mgr_overlayfs_valid() != OverlayfsValidResult::kNotSupported;
+    auto just_disabled_verity = false;
     for (auto it = partitions.begin(); it != partitions.end();) {
         auto& entry = *it;
         auto& mount_point = entry.mount_point;
@@ -262,7 +263,8 @@
                             false);
                     avb_ops_user_free(ops);
                     if (ret) {
-                        LOG(WARNING) << "Disable verity for " << mount_point;
+                        LOG(WARNING) << "Disabling verity for " << mount_point;
+                        just_disabled_verity = true;
                         reboot_later = can_reboot;
                         if (reboot_later) {
                             // w/o overlayfs available, also check for dedupe
@@ -275,7 +277,8 @@
                     } else if (fs_mgr_set_blk_ro(entry.blk_device, false)) {
                         fec::io fh(entry.blk_device.c_str(), O_RDWR);
                         if (fh && fh.set_verity_status(false)) {
-                            LOG(WARNING) << "Disable verity for " << mount_point;
+                            LOG(WARNING) << "Disabling verity for " << mount_point;
+                            just_disabled_verity = true;
                             reboot_later = can_reboot;
                             if (reboot_later && !uses_overlayfs) {
                                 ++it;
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@
 
         auto change = false;
         errno = 0;
-        if (fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(nullptr, mount_point.c_str(), &change)) {
+        if (fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(nullptr, mount_point.c_str(), &change, just_disabled_verity)) {
             if (change) {
                 LOG(INFO) << "Using overlayfs for " << mount_point;
             }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr_overlayfs.h b/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr_overlayfs.h
index 6aaf1f3..9a7381f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr_overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/include/fs_mgr_overlayfs.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_mount_all(android::fs_mgr::Fstab* fstab);
 std::vector<std::string> fs_mgr_overlayfs_required_devices(android::fs_mgr::Fstab* fstab);
 bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_setup(const char* backing = nullptr, const char* mount_point = nullptr,
-                            bool* change = nullptr);
+                            bool* change = nullptr, bool force = true);
 bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_teardown(const char* mount_point = nullptr, bool* change = nullptr);
 bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_is_setup();
 bool fs_mgr_has_shared_blocks(const std::string& mount_point, const std::string& dev);