diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
index aab5523c684..952f62569c9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ in
     # and other configurations. If the file is destroyed by an environment
     # activation then it must be rebuilt so that applications which interface
     # with /etc/resolv.conf directly don't break.
-    system.activationScripts.resolvconf = stringAfter [ "etc" "tmpfs" "var" ]
+    system.activationScripts.resolvconf = stringAfter [ "etc" "specialfs" "var" ]
       ''
         # Systemd resolved controls its own resolv.conf
         rm -f /run/resolvconf/interfaces/systemd
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index fa0ad747454..4a16a676293 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ in
         rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/bin /usr
       '';
 
-    system.activationScripts.tmpfs =
+    system.activationScripts.specialfs =
       ''
         specialMount() {
           local device="$1"