diff --git a/controllers/usernamespace/controller.go b/controllers/usernamespace/controller.go
index d17c9d683..1aba2be57 100644
--- a/controllers/usernamespace/controller.go
+++ b/controllers/usernamespace/controller.go
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ func (r *CheUserNamespaceReconciler) reconcileGitTlsCertificate(ctx context.Cont
 			Namespace: targetNs,
 			Labels: defaults.AddStandardLabelsForComponent(checluster, userSettingsComponentLabelValue, map[string]string{
 				constants.DevWorkspaceGitTLSLabel:         "true",
+				constants.DevWorkspaceMountLabel:          "true",
 				constants.DevWorkspaceWatchConfigMapLabel: "true",
 			}),
 		},
diff --git a/controllers/usernamespace/controller_test.go b/controllers/usernamespace/controller_test.go
index daf44a6f9..159b57815 100644
--- a/controllers/usernamespace/controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/usernamespace/controller_test.go
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ func TestCreatesDataInNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 		gitTlsConfig := corev1.ConfigMap{}
 		assert.NoError(t, cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Name: "che-git-tls-creds", Namespace: namespace.GetName()}, &gitTlsConfig))
 		assert.Equal(t, "true", gitTlsConfig.Labels[constants.DevWorkspaceGitTLSLabel])
+		assert.Equal(t, "true", gitTlsConfig.Labels[constants.DevWorkspaceMountLabel])
 		assert.Equal(t, "true", gitTlsConfig.Labels[constants.DevWorkspaceWatchConfigMapLabel])
 		assert.Equal(t, "the.host.of.git", gitTlsConfig.Data["host"])
 		assert.Equal(t, "the public certificate of the.host.of.git", gitTlsConfig.Data["certificate"])