diff --git a/playbook/blancco-init.sh b/playbook/blancco-init.sh
index 42caba7..7ab524f 100644
--- a/playbook/blancco-init.sh
+++ b/playbook/blancco-init.sh
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
 HandlePowerKey=ignore
 XEOF
 
+# Restart after an erasure stalled on "A stop job is running for
+# /mnt/share": the network goes down before the SMB report share is
+# unmounted, and the CIFS umount waits out systemd's 90s default. Reports
+# are written long before shutdown, so cap stop jobs at 10s.
+mkdir -p /run/newroot/etc/systemd/system.conf.d
+cat > /run/newroot/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/10-fast-stop.conf << XEOF
+[Manager]
+DefaultTimeoutStopSec=10s
+XEOF
+
 # Disable Xorg screensaver + DPMS so display stays on during long erasures.
 # Numbered 00-* to run before vendor xinitrc.d hooks.
 mkdir -p /run/newroot/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d