diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-remove-unused-code.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-remove-unused-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..557924570c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-remove-unused-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From cfb80587da7bf3d6a8eeb9b846702d6d731aa1c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 11:32:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] libmount: (subdir) remove unused code
+
+The optlist already handles quoted values, so there's no need to do it
+in the callers.
+
+Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 5462fa3435544344727b8644205ae427dfd5fcba)
+---
+ libmount/src/hook_subdir.c | 3 ---
+ 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c b/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
+index 5949af7d8..1e5d79958 100644
+--- a/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
++++ b/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
+@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ static int is_subdir_required(struct libmnt_context *cxt, int *rc, char **subdir
+ 
+ 	dir = mnt_opt_get_value(opt);
+ 
+-	if (dir && *dir == '"')
+-		dir++;
+-
+ 	if (!dir || !*dir) {
+ 		DBG(HOOK, ul_debug("failed to parse X-mount.subdir '%s'", dir));
+ 		*rc = -MNT_ERR_MOUNTOPT;
+-- 
+2.49.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-restrict-for-real-mounts-only.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-restrict-for-real-mounts-only.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d96a303a9cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/libmount-subdir-restrict-for-real-mounts-only.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+From 22b91501d30a65d25ecf48ce5169ec70848117b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:15:57 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] libmount: (subdir) restrict for real mounts only
+
+It's now possible to use, for example, for bind operations, but it
+does not make sense as you can specify the target with the
+subdirectory.
+
+Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 437a271f7108f689d350f1b3d837490d3d283c3c)
+---
+ libmount/src/hook_subdir.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
+ sys-utils/mount.8.adoc     |  6 ++++--
+ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c b/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
+index 1e5d79958..7cbb2c88d 100644
+--- a/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
++++ b/libmount/src/hook_subdir.c
+@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static int is_subdir_required(struct libmnt_context *cxt, int *rc, char **subdir
+ 	struct libmnt_optlist *ol;
+ 	struct libmnt_opt *opt;
+ 	const char *dir = NULL;
++	unsigned long flags = 0;
+ 
+ 	assert(cxt);
+ 	assert(rc);
+@@ -328,16 +329,26 @@ static int is_subdir_required(struct libmnt_context *cxt, int *rc, char **subdir
+ 		return 0;
+ 
+ 	dir = mnt_opt_get_value(opt);
+-
+ 	if (!dir || !*dir) {
+ 		DBG(HOOK, ul_debug("failed to parse X-mount.subdir '%s'", dir));
+ 		*rc = -MNT_ERR_MOUNTOPT;
+-	} else {
+-		*subdir = strdup(dir);
+-		if (!*subdir)
+-			*rc = -ENOMEM;
++		return 0;
++	}
++
++	*rc = mnt_optlist_get_flags(ol, &flags, cxt->map_linux, 0);
++	if (*rc)
++		return 0;
++
++	if (flags & MS_REMOUNT || flags & MS_BIND || flags & MS_MOVE
++	    || mnt_context_propagation_only(cxt)) {
++		DBG(HOOK, ul_debug("ignore subdir= (bind/move/remount/..)"));
++		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 
++	*subdir = strdup(dir);
++	if (!*subdir)
++		*rc = -ENOMEM;
++
+ 	return *rc == 0;
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc b/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
+index 6a17cd5eb..d9ce31fd4 100644
+--- a/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
++++ b/sys-utils/mount.8.adoc
+@@ -763,8 +763,10 @@ Note that *mount*(8) still sanitizes and canonicalizes the source and target pat
+ *X-mount.noloop*::
+ Do not create and mount a loop device, even if the source of the mount is a regular file.
+ 
+-*X-mount.subdir=*__directory__::
+-Allow mounting sub-directory from a filesystem instead of the root directory. For now, this feature is implemented by temporary filesystem root directory mount in unshared namespace and then bind the sub-directory to the final mount point and umount the root of the filesystem. The sub-directory mount shows up atomically for the rest of the system although it is implemented by multiple *mount*(2) syscalls.
++**X-mount.subdir=**_directory_::
++Allow mounting a subdirectory of a filesystem instead of the root directory. This is effective only when a new instance of a filesystem is attached to the system. The option is silently ignored for operations like remount, bind mount, or move.
+++
++For now, this feature is implemented by a temporary filesystem root-directory mount in an unshared namespace and then binding the sub-directory to the final mount point and unmounting the root of the filesystem. The sub-directory mount shows up atomically for the rest of the system although it is implemented by multiple *mount*(2) syscalls.
+ +
+ Note that this feature will not work in session with an unshared private mount namespace (after *unshare --mount*) on old kernels or with *mount*(8) without support for file-descriptors-based mount kernel API. In this case, you need *unshare --mount --propagation shared*.
+ +
+-- 
+2.49.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
index 702cc21ebd6a..fa1e390f1314 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalPackage: rec {
       ./fix-darwin-build.patch
       # https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/pull/3479 (fixes https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/3474)
       ./fix-mount-regression.patch
+      # https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/pull/3530
+      ./libmount-subdir-remove-unused-code.patch
+      ./libmount-subdir-restrict-for-real-mounts-only.patch
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) [
       (fetchurl {