diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/module-setup.sh b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/module-setup.sh
index d73060cb91..45f9814806 100755
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/module-setup.sh
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/module-setup.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ install() {
     inst_binary grep
 
     # script to actually run the upgrader binary
-    inst_hook upgrade 49 "$_moddir/mount_usr.sh"
     inst_hook upgrade 50 "$_moddir/do-upgrade.sh"
 
     #NOTE: some clean up?.. ideally, everything should be inside the leapp*
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/mount_usr.sh b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/mount_usr.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 84f4857d8d..0000000000
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/85sys-upgrade-redhat/mount_usr.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
-# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
-
-type info >/dev/null 2>&1 || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
-
-export NEWROOT=${NEWROOT:-"/sysroot"}
-
-filtersubvol() {
-    _oldifs="$IFS"
-    IFS=","
-    set "$@"
-    IFS="$_oldifs"
-    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-        case $1 in
-            subvol=*) :;;
-            *) printf '%s' "${1}," ;;
-        esac
-        shift
-    done
-}
-
-mount_usr()
-{
-    #
-    # mount_usr [true | false]
-    # Expected a "true" value for the last attempt to mount /usr. On the last
-    # attempt, in case of failure drop to shell.
-    #
-    # Return 0 when everything is all right
-    # In case of failure and /usr has been detected:
-    #   return 2 when $1 is "true" (drop to shell invoked)
-    #            (note: possibly it's nonsense, but to be sure..)
-    #   return 1 otherwise
-    #
-    _last_attempt="$1"
-    # check, if we have to mount the /usr filesystem
-    while read -r _dev _mp _fs _opts _freq _passno; do
-        [ "${_dev%%#*}" != "$_dev" ] && continue
-        if [ "$_mp" = "/usr" ]; then
-            case "$_dev" in
-                LABEL=*)
-                    _dev="$(echo "$_dev" | sed 's,/,\\x2f,g')"
-                    _dev="/dev/disk/by-label/${_dev#LABEL=}"
-                    ;;
-                UUID=*)
-                    _dev="${_dev#block:}"
-                    _dev="/dev/disk/by-uuid/${_dev#UUID=}"
-                    ;;
-            esac
-
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2154 # Variable root is assigned by dracut
-            _root_dev=${root#block:}
-
-            if strstr "$_opts" "subvol=" && \
-                [ "$(stat -c '%D:%i' "$_root_dev")" = "$(stat -c '%D:%i' "$_dev")" ] && \
-                [ -n "$rflags" ]; then
-                # for btrfs subvolumes we have to mount /usr with the same rflags
-                rflags=$(filtersubvol "$rflags")
-                rflags=${rflags%%,}
-                _opts="${_opts:+${_opts},}${rflags}"
-            elif getargbool 0 ro; then
-                # if "ro" is specified, we want /usr to be mounted read-only
-                _opts="${_opts:+${_opts},}ro"
-            elif getargbool 0 rw; then
-                # if "rw" is specified, we want /usr to be mounted read-write
-                _opts="${_opts:+${_opts},}rw"
-            fi
-            echo "$_dev ${NEWROOT}${_mp} $_fs ${_opts} $_freq $_passno"
-            _usr_found="1"
-            break
-        fi
-    done < "${NEWROOT}/etc/fstab" >> /etc/fstab
-
-    if [ "$_usr_found" = "" ]; then
-        # nothing to do
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    info "Mounting /usr with -o $_opts"
-    mount "${NEWROOT}/usr" 2>&1 | vinfo
-    mount -o remount,rw "${NEWROOT}/usr"
-
-    if ismounted "${NEWROOT}/usr"; then
-        # success!!
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$_last_attempt" = "true" ]; then
-        warn "Mounting /usr to ${NEWROOT}/usr failed"
-        warn "*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will continue"
-        warn "*** when you leave the shell."
-        action_on_fail
-        return 2
-    fi
-
-    return 1
-}
-
-
-try_to_mount_usr() {
-  _last_attempt="$1"
-  if [ ! -f "${NEWROOT}/etc/fstab" ]; then
-      warn "File ${NEWROOT}/etc/fstab doesn't exist."
-      return 1
-  fi
-
-  # In case we have the LVM command available try make it activate all partitions
-  if command -v lvm 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null; then
-      lvm vgchange -a y || {
-          warn "Detected problem when tried to activate LVM VG."
-          if [ "$_last_attempt" != "true" ]; then
-              # this is not last execution, retry
-              return 1
-          fi
-          # NOTE(pstodulk):
-          # last execution, so call mount_usr anyway
-          # I am not 100% about lvm vgchange exit codes and I am aware of
-          # possible warnings, in this last run, let's keep it on mount_usr
-          # anyway..
-      }
-  fi
-
-  mount_usr "$1"
-}
-
-_sleep_timeout=15
-_last_attempt="false"
-for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; do
-    info "Storage initialisation: Attempt $i of 11. Wait $_sleep_timeout seconds."
-    sleep $_sleep_timeout
-    if [ $i -eq 11 ]; then
-        _last_attempt="true"
-    fi
-    try_to_mount_usr "$_last_attempt" && break
-
-    # something is wrong. In some cases, storage needs more time for the
-    # initialisation - especially in case of SAN.
-
-    if [ "$_last_attempt" = "true" ]; then
-        warn "The last attempt to initialize storage has not been successful."
-        warn "Unknown state of the storage. It is possible that upgrade will be stopped."
-        break
-    fi
-
-    warn "Failed attempt to initialize the storage. Retry..."
-done
-
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/initrd-cleanup-override.conf b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/initrd-cleanup-override.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d24e0ef0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/initrd-cleanup-override.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=-/usr/bin/true
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/module-setup.sh b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/module-setup.sh
index 06479fb515..30ae57b3b9 100755
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/module-setup.sh
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/module-setup.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ install() {
         ln -sf "../${s}.service" "$upgrade_wantsdir"
     done
 
+    # Setup modified initrd-cleanup.service in the upgrade initramfs to enable
+    # storage initialisation using systemd-fstab-generator. We want to run the
+    # initrd-parse-etc.service but this one triggers also the initrd-cleanup.service
+    # which triggers the switch-root and isolated actions that basically kills
+    # the original upgrade service when used.
+    # The initrd-parse-etc.service has different content across RHEL systems,
+    # so we override rather initrd-cleanup.service instead as we do not need
+    # that one for the upgrade process.
+    mkdir -p "${unitdir}/initrd-cleanup.service.d"
+    inst_simple "${_moddir}/initrd-cleanup-override.conf" "${unitdir}/initrd-cleanup.service.d/initrd-cleanup-override.conf"
+
     # just try : set another services into the wantsdir
     #        sysroot.mount    \
     #        dracut-mount     \
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/upgrade.target b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/upgrade.target
index 366b5cabc2..d2bf731385 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/upgrade.target
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/commonleappdracutmodules/files/dracut/90sys-upgrade/upgrade.target
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=System Upgrade
 Documentation=man:upgrade.target(7)
 # ##sysinit.target sockets.target initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target
-Wants=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target initrd-usr-fs.target
+Wants=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target initrd-usr-fs.target initrd-parse-etc.service
 Requires=basic.target sysroot.mount
-After=basic.target sysroot.mount
+After=basic.target sysroot.mount  initrd-fs.target
 AllowIsolate=yes
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/actor.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/actor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c16a0f720b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/actor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from leapp.actors import Actor
+from leapp.libraries.actor import enable_lvm_autoactivation as enable_lvm_autoactivation_lib
+from leapp.models import UpgradeInitramfsTasks
+from leapp.tags import IPUWorkflowTag, FactsPhaseTag
+
+
+class EnableLVMAutoactivationInUpgradeInitramfs(Actor):
+    """
+    Enable LVM autoactivation in upgrade initramfs.
+
+    Produce instructions for upgrade initramfs generation that will result in LVM
+    autoactivation in the initramfs.
+    """
+
+    name = 'enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_upgrade_initramfs'
+    consumes = ()
+    produces = (UpgradeInitramfsTasks)
+    tags = (FactsPhaseTag, IPUWorkflowTag)
+
+    def process(self):
+        enable_lvm_autoactivation_lib.emit_lvm_autoactivation_instructions()
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/libraries/enable_lvm_autoactivation.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/libraries/enable_lvm_autoactivation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48c805b0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/initramfs/enable_lvm_autoactivation_in_uinitramfs/libraries/enable_lvm_autoactivation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from leapp.libraries.stdlib import api
+from leapp.models import UpgradeInitramfsTasks
+
+def emit_lvm_autoactivation_instructions():
+    files_to_include = [
+        '/usr/sbin/pvscan',
+        '/usr/sbin/vgchange',
+        '/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-dm-lvm.rules'  # Rule that triggers pvscan and vgchange when LVM device is detected
+    ]
+    lvm_autoactivation_instructions = UpgradeInitramfsTasks(include_files=files_to_include)
+
+    api.produce(lvm_autoactivation_instructions)