diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 801d2195b3..6e536ecc6b 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -1390,6 +1390,7 @@ static int mount_start(Unit *u) {
 
 static int mount_stop(Unit *u) {
         Mount *m = ASSERT_PTR(MOUNT(u));
+        int r;
 
         switch (m->state) {
 
@@ -1401,21 +1402,22 @@ static int mount_stop(Unit *u) {
 
         case MOUNT_MOUNTING:
         case MOUNT_MOUNTING_DONE:
-        case MOUNT_REMOUNTING:
                 /* If we are still waiting for /bin/mount, we go directly into kill mode. */
                 mount_enter_signal(m, MOUNT_UNMOUNTING_SIGTERM, MOUNT_SUCCESS);
                 return 0;
 
+        case MOUNT_REMOUNTING:
         case MOUNT_REMOUNTING_SIGTERM:
-                /* If we are already waiting for a hung remount, convert this to the matching unmounting state */
-                mount_set_state(m, MOUNT_UNMOUNTING_SIGTERM);
-                return 0;
+                assert(pidref_is_set(&m->control_pid));
 
+                r = pidref_kill_and_sigcont(&m->control_pid, SIGKILL);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_unit_debug_errno(u, r,
+                                             "Failed to kill remount process " PID_FMT ", ignoring: %m",
+                                             m->control_pid.pid);
+
+                _fallthrough_;
         case MOUNT_REMOUNTING_SIGKILL:
-                /* as above */
-                mount_set_state(m, MOUNT_UNMOUNTING_SIGKILL);
-                return 0;
-
         case MOUNT_MOUNTED:
                 mount_enter_unmounting(m);
                 return 1;
@@ -2415,7 +2417,6 @@ char* mount_get_where_escaped(const Mount *m) {
 }
 
 char* mount_get_what_escaped(const Mount *m) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *escaped = NULL;
         const char *s = NULL;
 
         assert(m);
@@ -2424,14 +2425,10 @@ char* mount_get_what_escaped(const Mount *m) {
                 s = m->parameters_proc_self_mountinfo.what;
         else if (m->from_fragment && m->parameters_fragment.what)
                 s = m->parameters_fragment.what;
+        if (!s)
+                return strdup("");
 
-        if (s) {
-                escaped = utf8_escape_invalid(s);
-                if (!escaped)
-                        return NULL;
-        }
-
-        return escaped ? TAKE_PTR(escaped) : strdup("");
+        return utf8_escape_invalid(s);
 }
 
 char* mount_get_options_escaped(const Mount *m) {