diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c258289..7144c28 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ linters:
         text: "S1025"
         linters: [staticcheck]
 
-      # LocalFS.dev holds the device of Root so a one-file-system walk can skip
-      # other filesystems. Windows has no device number to compare, so its
-      # walker never reads the field, but the struct is shared.
+      # LocalFS.dev holds the device of Root, and LocalFS.deviceOf finds the
+      # device of anything else, so a one-file-system walk can skip other
+      # filesystems. Windows has no device number to compare, so its walker
+      # never reads the fields, but the struct is shared.
       - path: localfs\.go
-        text: "field dev is unused"
+        text: "field (dev|deviceOf) is unused"
         linters: [unused]
diff --git a/localfs.go b/localfs.go
index 88342e8..6abc85d 100644
--- a/localfs.go
+++ b/localfs.go
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ type LocalFS struct {
 
 	opts LocalFSOptions
 
-	dev     uint64
+	// Device the root is on, and how to find the device of anything else in
+	// the tree. Used to stay on one filesystem with OneFileSystem. A function
+	// to allow tests to simulate a tree that spans more than one.
+	dev      uint64
+	deviceOf func(os.FileInfo) (uint64, bool)
+
 	once    sync.Once
 	entries chan walkEntry
 	sErr    error
diff --git a/localfs_onefilesystem_test.go b/localfs_onefilesystem_test.go
index d2bde9d..22f60d6 100644
--- a/localfs_onefilesystem_test.go
+++ b/localfs_onefilesystem_test.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 package desync
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -38,3 +40,48 @@ func TestLocalFSOneFileSystemStatError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	require.ErrorIs(t, err, fs.ErrPermission)
 }
+
+// TestLocalFSOneFileSystemSkipsMount reads a tree that has another filesystem
+// mounted in the middle of it with OneFileSystem set. The mount point and
+// everything below it is left out, while everything around it, including what
+// comes after it in the walk, has to be returned.
+func TestLocalFSOneFileSystemSkipsMount(t *testing.T) {
+	src := t.TempDir()
+	for _, d := range []string{"keep", "mnt/sub", "zzz"} {
+		require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(src, d), 0755))
+	}
+	for _, f := range []string{"keep/a", "mnt/file", "mnt/sub/deep", "zfile", "zzz/b"} {
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(src, f), []byte(f), 0644))
+	}
+
+	// Mounting needs privileges, report the mount point and everything below
+	// it as being on another device instead.
+	var mounted []os.FileInfo
+	require.NoError(t, filepath.Walk(filepath.Join(src, "mnt"), func(_ string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		mounted = append(mounted, info)
+		return err
+	}))
+	lfs := NewLocalFS(src, LocalFSOptions{OneFileSystem: true})
+	lfs.deviceOf = func(info os.FileInfo) (uint64, bool) {
+		for _, m := range mounted {
+			if os.SameFile(info, m) {
+				return 2, true
+			}
+		}
+		return 1, true
+	}
+
+	var paths []string
+	for {
+		f, err := lfs.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+		rel, err := filepath.Rel(src, f.Path)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		paths = append(paths, rel)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{".", "keep", "keep/a", "zfile", "zzz", "zzz/b"}, paths)
+}
diff --git a/localfs_other.go b/localfs_other.go
index 7c16967..c446eb0 100644
--- a/localfs_other.go
+++ b/localfs_other.go
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import (
 // can be used for tar/untar operations.
 func NewLocalFS(root string, opts LocalFSOptions) *LocalFS {
 	return &LocalFS{
-		Root:    root,
-		opts:    opts,
-		entries: make(chan walkEntry),
+		Root:     root,
+		opts:     opts,
+		entries:  make(chan walkEntry),
+		deviceOf: deviceOf,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -369,16 +370,21 @@ func (fs *LocalFS) Next() (*File, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
+// deviceOf returns the ID of the device a file is on.
+func deviceOf(info os.FileInfo) (uint64, bool) {
+	st, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	// Dev (and Rdev) elements of syscall.Stat_t are uint64 on Linux, but
+	// int32 on MacOS. Cast it to uint64 everywhere.
+	return uint64(st.Dev), true
+}
+
 func (fs *LocalFS) initForReading() {
 	if fs.opts.OneFileSystem {
-		info, err := os.Lstat(fs.Root)
-		if err == nil {
-			st, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-			if ok {
-				// Dev (and Rdev) elements of syscall.Stat_t are uint64 on Linux,
-				// but int32 on MacOS. Cast it to uint64 everywhere.
-				fs.dev = uint64(st.Dev)
-			}
+		if info, err := os.Lstat(fs.Root); err == nil {
+			fs.dev, _ = fs.deviceOf(info)
 		}
 	}
 	fs.startSerializer()
@@ -390,10 +396,12 @@ func (fs *LocalFS) startSerializer() {
 			// There is no info for an entry that couldn't be stat'ed, only the
 			// error, which is passed on for Next() to return.
 			if fs.dev != 0 && info != nil && info.IsDir() {
-				// one-file-system is set, skip other filesystems
-				st, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-				if ok && uint64(st.Dev) != fs.dev {
-					return nil
+				// one-file-system is set. A directory on another filesystem
+				// is left out along with everything in it. Leaving out just
+				// the directory would have the walk carry on inside it, with
+				// entries that have no place in the tree being read.
+				if dev, ok := fs.deviceOf(info); ok && dev != fs.dev {
+					return filepath.SkipDir
 				}
 			}
 			fs.entries <- walkEntry{path, info, err}