diff --git a/lib/src/install.rs b/lib/src/install.rs
index 9b2044f57..27eddf129 100644
--- a/lib/src/install.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install.rs
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@ pub(crate) struct RootSetup {
     rootfs: Utf8PathBuf,
     rootfs_fd: Dir,
     rootfs_uuid: Option<String>,
-    /// If true, do not try to remount the root read-only and flush the journal, etc.
-    skip_finalize: bool,
+    /// True if this is an "alongside" install where we didn't create the filesystem
+    is_alongside: bool,
     boot: Option<MountSpec>,
     kargs: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ async fn install_to_filesystem_impl(state: &State, rootfs: &mut RootSetup) -> Re
         .run()?;
 
     // Finalize mounted filesystems
-    if !rootfs.skip_finalize {
+    if !rootfs.is_alongside {
         let bootfs = rootfs.rootfs.join("boot");
         for fs in [bootfs.as_path(), rootfs.rootfs.as_path()] {
             finalize_filesystem(fs)?;
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_to_filesystem(opts: InstallToFilesystemOpts) -> Resu
         rootfs_uuid: inspect.uuid.clone(),
         boot,
         kargs,
-        skip_finalize: matches!(fsopts.replace, Some(ReplaceMode::Alongside)),
+        is_alongside: matches!(fsopts.replace, Some(ReplaceMode::Alongside)),
     };
 
     install_to_filesystem_impl(&state, &mut rootfs).await?;
diff --git a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
index 9eeb1cd78..e6875cb3c 100644
--- a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
@@ -387,6 +387,6 @@ pub(crate) fn install_create_rootfs(
         rootfs_uuid: Some(root_uuid.to_string()),
         boot: Some(boot),
         kargs,
-        skip_finalize: false,
+        is_alongside: false,
     })
 }