diff --git a/core/coreapi/coreapi.go b/core/coreapi/coreapi.go
index 515da6930fa..4f59ced92d9 100644
--- a/core/coreapi/coreapi.go
+++ b/core/coreapi/coreapi.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type CoreAPI struct {
 
 	pubSub *pubsub.PubSub
 
-	checkPublishAllowed func() error
+	checkPublishAllowed func(allowWhileMounted bool) error
 	checkOnline         func(allowOffline bool) error
 
 	// ONLY for re-applying options in WithOptions, DO NOT USE ANYWHERE ELSE
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ func (api *CoreAPI) WithOptions(opts ...options.ApiOption) (coreiface.CoreAPI, e
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	subApi.checkPublishAllowed = func() error {
-		if n.Mounts.Ipns != nil && n.Mounts.Ipns.IsActive() {
+	subApi.checkPublishAllowed = func(allowWhileMounted bool) error {
+		if n.Mounts.Ipns != nil && n.Mounts.Ipns.IsActive() && !allowWhileMounted {
 			return errors.New("cannot manually publish while IPNS is mounted")
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/core/coreapi/name.go b/core/coreapi/name.go
index 69dc1137bf0..d77dcc393db 100644
--- a/core/coreapi/name.go
+++ b/core/coreapi/name.go
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ func (api *NameAPI) Publish(ctx context.Context, p path.Path, opts ...caopts.Nam
 	ctx, span := tracing.Span(ctx, "CoreAPI.NameAPI", "Publish", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("path", p.String())))
 	defer span.End()
 
-	if err := api.checkPublishAllowed(); err != nil {
+	options, err := caopts.NamePublishOptions(opts...)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	options, err := caopts.NamePublishOptions(opts...)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := api.checkPublishAllowed(options.AllowWhileMounted); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	span.SetAttributes(
 		attribute.Bool("allowoffline", options.AllowOffline),
 		attribute.String("key", options.Key),
diff --git a/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go b/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
index e1840d25964..87ec5866927 100644
--- a/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
+++ b/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type Root struct {
 
 func ipnsPubFunc(ipfs iface.CoreAPI, key iface.Key) mfs.PubFunc {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c cid.Cid) error {
-		_, err := ipfs.Name().Publish(ctx, path.IpfsPath(c), options.Name.Key(key.Name()))
+		_, err := ipfs.Name().Publish(ctx, path.IpfsPath(c), options.Name.Key(key.Name()), options.Name.AllowWhileMounted(true))
 		return err
 	}
 }