diff --git a/src/portable/portable.c b/src/portable/portable.c
index 2b709f22f5f..403a05005ce 100644
--- a/src/portable/portable.c
+++ b/src/portable/portable.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ static int install_chroot_dropin(
                                                ext->path,
                                                /* With --force tell PID1 to avoid enforcing that the image <name> and
                                                 * extension-release.<name> have to match. */
-                                               !IN_SET(type, IMAGE_DIRECTORY, IMAGE_SUBVOLUME) &&
+                                               !IN_SET(ext->type, IMAGE_DIRECTORY, IMAGE_SUBVOLUME) &&
                                                    FLAGS_SET(flags, PORTABLE_FORCE_EXTENSION) ?
                                                        ":x-systemd.relax-extension-release-check\n" :
                                                        "\n",
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static int install_chroot_dropin(
                                                "LogExtraFields=PORTABLE_EXTENSION=", extension_base_name, "\n"))
                                         return -ENOMEM;
 
-                                if (pinned_ext_image_policy) {
+                                if (pinned_ext_image_policy && !IN_SET(ext->type, IMAGE_DIRECTORY, IMAGE_SUBVOLUME)) {
                                         _cleanup_free_ char *policy_str = NULL;
 
                                         r = image_policy_to_string(pinned_ext_image_policy, /* simplify= */ true, &policy_str);
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.directory.sh b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.directory.sh
index 81aae08a3d6..8f35c9ee083 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.directory.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.directory.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ test -L /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/10-profile.conf
 test -L /run/systemd/system.attached/app1.service.d/10-profile.conf
 portablectl detach --runtime --extension /tmp/app0 --extension /tmp/app1 /tmp/rootdir app0 app1
 
+# Ensure that --force works with directory extensions, and that ExtensionDirectories=
+# is not decorated with :x-systemd.relax-extension-release-check
+portablectl "${ARGS[@]}" attach --force --copy=symlink --now --runtime --extension /tmp/app0 /tmp/rootdir app0
+
+systemctl is-active app0.service
+status="$(portablectl is-attached --extension app0 rootdir)"
+[[ "${status}" == "running-runtime" ]]
+
+grep -q -F "ExtensionDirectories=" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf
+(! grep -q -F "x-systemd.relax-extension-release-check" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf)
+
+portablectl detach --now --runtime --extension /tmp/app0 /tmp/rootdir app0
+
 # Attempt to disable the app unit during detaching. Requires --copy=symlink to reproduce.
 # Provides coverage for https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/23481
 portablectl "${ARGS[@]}" attach --copy=symlink --now --runtime /tmp/rootdir minimal-app0
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
index 8b930d40f2c..36d187a7528 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ systemctl is-active app0.service
 status="$(portablectl is-attached --extension /tmp/app10.raw /usr/share/minimal_0.raw)"
 [[ "${status}" == "running-runtime" ]]
 
+# Ensure --force adds relax-extension-release-check for image extensions
+grep -q -F "ExtensionImages=" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf
+grep -q -F "ExtensionImagePolicy=" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf
+
 portablectl inspect --force --cat --extension /tmp/app10.raw /usr/share/minimal_0.raw app0 | grep -F "Extension Release: /tmp/app10.raw" >/dev/null
 
 # Ensure that we can detach even when an image has been deleted already (stop the unit manually as
@@ -245,3 +249,19 @@ status="$(portablectl is-attached --extension app1 minimal_0)"
 [[ "${status}" == "attached-runtime" ]]
 
 portablectl detach --runtime --extension /tmp/app1.raw /usr/share/minimal_0.raw app
+
+# Ensure that when mixing directory and image extensions, ExtensionImagePolicy= is only
+# applied to image extensions and not to directory extensions
+mkdir -p /tmp/app1
+mount /tmp/app1.raw /tmp/app1
+portablectl "${ARGS[@]}" attach --copy=symlink --now --runtime --extension /tmp/app1 --extension /tmp/app0.raw /usr/share/minimal_0.raw app0
+
+systemctl is-active app0.service
+
+grep -q -F "ExtensionDirectories=/tmp/app1" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf
+grep -q -F "ExtensionImages=/tmp/app0.raw" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf
+# ExtensionImagePolicy= should appear exactly once (for the image, not the directory)
+[[ "$(grep -c -F "ExtensionImagePolicy=" /run/systemd/system.attached/app0.service.d/20-portable.conf)" == "1" ]]
+
+portablectl detach --now --runtime --extension /tmp/app1 --extension /tmp/app0.raw /usr/share/minimal_0.raw app0
+umount -l /tmp/app1