diff --git a/units/sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount b/units/sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
index cbcdd5f2cc9..b649a1ed199 100644
--- a/units/sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
+++ b/units/sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ Description=FUSE Control File System
 Documentation=https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
 Documentation=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems
 DefaultDependencies=no
-ConditionPathExists=/sys/fs/fuse/connections
 ConditionCapability=CAP_SYS_ADMIN
 ConditionVirtualization=!private-users
-After=systemd-modules-load.service
 Before=sysinit.target
 
+# These dependencies are used to make certain that the module is fully
+# loaded. Indeed udev starts this unit when it receives an uevent for the
+# module but the kernel sends it too early, ie before the init() of the module
+# is fully operational and /sys/fs/fuse/connections is created, see issue#17586.
+
+After=modprobe@fuse.service
+Requires=modprobe@fuse.service
+
 [Mount]
 What=fusectl
 Where=/sys/fs/fuse/connections
diff --git a/units/sys-kernel-config.mount b/units/sys-kernel-config.mount
index 001c7b57cce..7d965046ee5 100644
--- a/units/sys-kernel-config.mount
+++ b/units/sys-kernel-config.mount
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ Description=Kernel Configuration File System
 Documentation=https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
 Documentation=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems
 DefaultDependencies=no
-ConditionPathExists=/sys/kernel/config
 ConditionCapability=CAP_SYS_RAWIO
-After=systemd-modules-load.service
 Before=sysinit.target
 
+# These dependencies are used to make certain that the module is fully
+# loaded. Indeed udev starts this unit when it receives an uevent for the
+# module but the kernel sends it too early, ie before the init() of the module
+# is fully operational and /sys/kernel/config is created, see issue#17586.
+
+After=modprobe@configfs.service
+Requires=modprobe@configfs.service
+
 [Mount]
 What=configfs
 Where=/sys/kernel/config