diff --git a/xorriso/emulators.c b/xorriso/emulators.c
index 3cb738ca..c3dfd3b3 100644
--- a/xorriso/emulators.c
+++ b/xorriso/emulators.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,8 @@ illegal_c:;
    Xorriso_option_disk_dev_ino(xorriso,
                                old_root_dev && old_root_ino ? "on" :
                                old_root_ino ? "ino_only" : "off", 0);
+   if(!old_root_ino)
+     Xorriso_option_hardlinks(xorriso, "without_update", 0);
  }
  if(indev[0]) {
    ret= Xorriso_option_dev(xorriso, indev, 1);