diff --git a/src/Core/Unix/CoreUnix.cpp b/src/Core/Unix/CoreUnix.cpp
index 2851fde1..e327a6aa 100644
--- a/src/Core/Unix/CoreUnix.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/Unix/CoreUnix.cpp
@@ -342,11 +342,10 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				continue;
 
 			shared_ptr <VolumeInfo> mountedVol;
-			// Introduce a retry mechanism with a timeout for control file access
-			// This workaround is limited to FUSE-T mounted volume under macOS for
-			// which md.Device starts with "fuse-t:"
+			// Introduce a retry mechanism with a timeout for control file access.
+			// The list is already filtered to VeraCrypt auxiliary mounts; in
+			// FUSE-T builds, the mount table device name varies by backend.
 #ifdef VC_MACOSX_FUSET
-			bool isFuseT = wstring(mf.Device).find(L"fuse-t:") == 0;
 			int controlFileRetries = 10; // 10 retries with 500ms sleep each, total 5 seconds
 			while (!mountedVol && (controlFileRetries-- > 0))
 #endif
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 					// serialization is not ready yet and we need to wait before retrying
 					// this happens when FUSE-T is used under macOS and if it is the first time
 					// the volume is mounted
-					if (isFuseT && string (e.what()).find ("VeraCrypt::Serializer::ValidateName") != string::npos)
+					if (string (e.what()).find ("VeraCrypt::Serializer::ValidateName") != string::npos)
 					{
 						Thread::Sleep(500); // Wait before retrying
 					}
diff --git a/src/Driver/Fuse/FuseService.cpp b/src/Driver/Fuse/FuseService.cpp
index ca1835eb..61bbe2d5 100644
--- a/src/Driver/Fuse/FuseService.cpp
+++ b/src/Driver/Fuse/FuseService.cpp
@@ -533,6 +533,17 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		args.push_back ("-o");
 		args.push_back ("nobrowse");
 
+#ifdef VC_MACOSX_FUSET
+		// Use FUSE-T's SMB backend for the auxiliary mount. The default NFS
+		// backend can be affected by macOS Network Volumes privacy state.
+		args.push_back ("-o");
+		args.push_back ("backend=smb");
+		args.push_back ("-o");
+		args.push_back ("nonamedattr");
+		args.push_back ("-o");
+		args.push_back ("rwsize=262144");
+#endif
+
 		if (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0)
 #endif
 		{