diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index 2b311194d..3cb82ca4e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -882,7 +882,10 @@ bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_mount_scratch(const std::string& device_path, const std::s
         entry.flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
         fs_mgr_set_blk_ro(device_path, false);
     }
-    entry.fs_mgr_flags.check = true;
+    // check_fs requires apex runtime library
+    if (fs_mgr_overlayfs_already_mounted("/data", false)) {
+        entry.fs_mgr_flags.check = true;
+    }
     auto save_errno = errno;
     if (mounted) mounted = fs_mgr_do_mount_one(entry) == 0;
     if (!mounted) {