diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index b1869cca23..8bb5a30e75 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -659,11 +659,9 @@ func ConvertVolume(volume *parser.UnitFile, name string) (*parser.UnitFile, erro
 	// Need the containers filesystem mounted to start podman
 	service.Add(UnitGroup, "RequiresMountsFor", "%t/containers")
 
-	execCond := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/bin/bash -c \"! /usr/bin/podman volume exists %s\"", volumeName)
-
 	labels := volume.LookupAllKeyVal(VolumeGroup, "Label")
 
-	podman := NewPodmanCmdline("volume", "create")
+	podman := NewPodmanCmdline("volume", "create", "--ignore")
 
 	var opts strings.Builder
 	opts.WriteString("o=")
@@ -696,7 +694,6 @@ func ConvertVolume(volume *parser.UnitFile, name string) (*parser.UnitFile, erro
 	service.Setv(ServiceGroup,
 		"Type", "oneshot",
 		"RemainAfterExit", "yes",
-		"ExecCondition", execCond,
 
 		// The default syslog identifier is the exec basename (podman) which isn't very useful here
 		"SyslogIdentifier", "%N")
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.volume b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.volume
index ce8dbbed57..3bc5213737 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.volume
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.volume
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ## assert-key-is Unit RequiresMountsFor "%t/containers"
 ## assert-key-is Service Type oneshot
 ## assert-key-is Service RemainAfterExit yes
-## assert-key-is Service ExecCondition '/usr/bin/bash -c "! /usr/bin/podman volume exists systemd-basic"'
-## assert-key-is Service ExecStart "/usr/bin/podman volume create systemd-basic"
+## assert-key-is Service ExecStart "/usr/bin/podman volume create --ignore systemd-basic"
 ## assert-key-is Service SyslogIdentifier "%N"
 
 [Volume]