--- /dev/null
+Index: nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/fstab.c
+===================================================================
+--- nfs-utils-1.1.2.orig/utils/mount/fstab.c
++++ nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/fstab.c
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mtab_does_not_exist(void) {
+ return var_mtab_does_not_exist;
+ }
+
+-static int
++int
+ mtab_is_a_symlink(void) {
+ get_mtab_info();
+ return var_mtab_is_a_symlink;
+Index: nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/fstab.h
+===================================================================
+--- nfs-utils-1.1.2.orig/utils/mount/fstab.h
++++ nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/fstab.h
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ #define _PATH_FSTAB "/etc/fstab"
+ #endif
+
++int mtab_is_a_symlink(void);
+ int mtab_is_writable(void);
+ int mtab_does_not_exist(void);
+
+Index: nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/mount.c
+===================================================================
+--- nfs-utils-1.1.2.orig/utils/mount/mount.c
++++ nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/mount.c
+@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ static int add_mtab(char *spec, char *mo
+ return EX_SUCCESS;
+ }
+
++ /* Avoid writing if the mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts, since
++ that would create a file /proc/mounts in case the proc filesystem
++ is not mounted, and the fchmod below would also fail. */
++ if (mtab_is_a_symlink()) {
++ return EX_SUCCESS;
++ }
++
+ lock_mtab();
+
+ mtab = nfs_setmntent(MOUNTED, "a+");