diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/coreos-rootflags.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/coreos-rootflags.sh
index 332665e4f3..8c25d96118 100755
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/coreos-rootflags.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/coreos-rootflags.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 rootpath=/dev/disk/by-label/root
 
-# If the rootfs was reprovisioned, then the user is free to define their own
-# rootflags.
-if [ -d /run/ignition-ostree-transposefs/root ]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 eval $(blkid -o export ${rootpath})
-# this really should always be true, but let's be conservative
 if [ "${TYPE}" == "xfs" ]; then
     # We use prjquota on XFS by default to aid multi-tenant Kubernetes (and
     # other container) clusters.  See
diff --git a/tests/kola/root-reprovision/luks/test.sh b/tests/kola/root-reprovision/luks/test.sh
index 4a2307866a..656b6feee6 100755
--- a/tests/kola/root-reprovision/luks/test.sh
+++ b/tests/kola/root-reprovision/luks/test.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ fstype=$(findmnt -nvr / -o FSTYPE)
 [[ ${fstype} == xfs ]]
 ok "source is XFS on LUKS device"
 
+rootflags=$(findmnt /sysroot -no OPTIONS)
+if ! grep prjquota <<< "${rootflags}"; then
+    fatal "missing prjquota in root mount flags: ${rootflags}"
+fi
+ok "root mounted with prjquota"
+
 case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
   "")
       # check that ignition-ostree-growfs ran
diff --git a/tests/kola/root-reprovision/raid1/test.sh b/tests/kola/root-reprovision/raid1/test.sh
index f18673e1f9..a1e510cffa 100755
--- a/tests/kola/root-reprovision/raid1/test.sh
+++ b/tests/kola/root-reprovision/raid1/test.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ fstype=$(findmnt -nvr / -o FSTYPE)
 [[ ${fstype} == xfs ]]
 ok "source is XFS on RAID1 device"
 
+rootflags=$(findmnt /sysroot -no OPTIONS)
+if ! grep prjquota <<< "${rootflags}"; then
+    fatal "missing prjquota in root mount flags: ${rootflags}"
+fi
+ok "root mounted with prjquota"
+
 case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
   "")
       # check that ignition-ostree-growfs didn't run