diff --git a/units/systemd-ask-password-wall.service b/units/systemd-ask-password-wall.service
index c785614e1e..20890d08c2 100644
--- a/units/systemd-ask-password-wall.service
+++ b/units/systemd-ask-password-wall.service
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Documentation=man:systemd-ask-password-wall.service(8)
 After=systemd-user-sessions.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStartPre=-systemctl stop systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-ask-password-console.service systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service
+ExecStartPre=-systemctl stop --no-block systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-ask-password-console.service systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service
 ExecStart=systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --wall
 Type=notify
 SystemCallArchitectures=native