diff --git a/src/Mount/Mount.c b/src/Mount/Mount.c
index 833dbe01..9ba4ae86 100644
--- a/src/Mount/Mount.c
+++ b/src/Mount/Mount.c
@@ -3019,11 +3019,16 @@ BOOL CALLBACK PasswordDlgProc (HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 			if (keybLayout != 0x00000409 && keybLayout != 0x04090409)
 			{
 				Error ("CANT_CHANGE_KEYB_LAYOUT_FOR_SYS_ENCRYPTION", hwndDlg);
-				EndDialog (hwndDlg, IDCANCEL);
-				return 1;
+				/* don't be too agressive on enforcing an English keyboard layout. E.g. on WindowsPE this call fails and
+				 * then the user can only mount a system encrypted device using the command line by passing the password as a parameter
+				 * (which might not be obvious for not so advanced users).
+				 *
+				 * Now, we informed the user that English keyboard is required, if it is not available the volume can just not be mounted.
+				 * There should be no other drawback (as e.g., on the change password dialog, when you might change to a password which won't
+				 * work on the pre-start environment.
+				 */
 			}
-
-			if (SetTimer (hwndDlg, TIMER_ID_KEYB_LAYOUT_GUARD, TIMER_INTERVAL_KEYB_LAYOUT_GUARD, NULL) == 0)
+			else if (SetTimer (hwndDlg, TIMER_ID_KEYB_LAYOUT_GUARD, TIMER_INTERVAL_KEYB_LAYOUT_GUARD, NULL) == 0)
 			{
 				Error ("CANNOT_SET_TIMER", hwndDlg);
 				EndDialog (hwndDlg, IDCANCEL);