diff --git a/units/systemd-journald.service.in b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
index 1c36ec8903..37eeabc510 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Requires=systemd-journald.socket
 After=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket systemd-journald-audit.socket syslog.socket
 Before=sysinit.target
 
+# To avoid journald SIGKILLed during soft-reboot and corrupting journals.
+# See https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/30195
+Before=soft-reboot.target
+Conflicts=soft-reboot.target
+
 # Mount and swap units need the journal socket units. If they were removed by
 # an isolate request the mount and swap units would be removed too, hence let's
 # exclude systemd-journald and its sockets from isolate requests.
diff --git a/units/systemd-journald@.service.in b/units/systemd-journald@.service.in
index b705ce08ff..c3bcb08533 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald@.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald@.service.in
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Documentation=man:systemd-journald.service(8) man:journald.conf(5)
 Requires=systemd-journald@%i.socket systemd-journald-varlink@%i.socket
 After=systemd-journald@%i.socket systemd-journald-varlink@%i.socket
 
+# To avoid journald SIGKILLed during soft-reboot and corrupting journals.
+# See https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/30195
+Before=soft-reboot.target
+Conflicts=soft-reboot.target
+
 [Service]
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_SYS_PTRACE CAP_CHOWN CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_FOWNER CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE
 DevicePolicy=closed