diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index 3cb82ca4e..2da5b0f43 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -880,6 +880,8 @@ bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_mount_scratch(const std::string& device_path, const std::s
             errno = save_errno;
         }
         entry.flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
+        entry.flags |= MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
+        entry.fs_options = "nodiscard";
         fs_mgr_set_blk_ro(device_path, false);
     }
     // check_fs requires apex runtime library