diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7ad979cd1..360a975363 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hugelgupf/p9 v0.3.1-0.20250420164440-abc96d20b308
+	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.5.0
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.8 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20240909124753-873cd0166683 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 3f1e59495c..3848164889 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/pkg/specgen"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/pkg/specgenutil"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/jinzhu/copier"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -740,12 +741,7 @@ func Inherit(infra *libpod.Container, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, rt *libpod.Runti
 	compatibleOptions.SelinuxOpts = append(compatibleOptions.SelinuxOpts, s.SelinuxOpts...)
 	compatibleOptions.Volumes = append(compatibleOptions.Volumes, s.Volumes...)
 
-	compatByte, err := json.Marshal(compatibleOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(compatByte, s)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := applyInfraInherit(compatibleOptions, s); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -760,3 +756,8 @@ func Inherit(infra *libpod.Container, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, rt *libpod.Runti
 	}
 	return options, infraSpec, compatibleOptions, nil
 }
+
+// applyInfraInherit copies the InfraInherit fields into the SpecGenerator.
+func applyInfraInherit(compatibleOptions *libpod.InfraInherit, s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
+	return copier.CopyWithOption(s, compatibleOptions, copier.Option{IgnoreEmpty: true})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create_test.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..134e1a415c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//go:build !remote && (linux || freebsd)
+
+package generate
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/pkg/specgen"
+	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// TestApplyInfraInheritMountOptionsDoNotLeak verifies that mount options from
+// one mount do not leak into another when calling applyInfraInherit.
+func TestApplyInfraInheritMountOptionsDoNotLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	compatibleOptions := &libpod.InfraInherit{
+		Mounts: []spec.Mount{
+			{Destination: "/mylog", Source: "/a", Type: "bind"},
+			{Destination: "/mytmp", Source: "/b", Type: "bind", Options: []string{"ro"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	s := &specgen.SpecGenerator{}
+	s.Mounts = []spec.Mount{
+		{Destination: "/mytmp", Source: "/b", Type: "bind", Options: []string{"ro"}},
+		{Destination: "/mylog", Source: "/a", Type: "bind"},
+	}
+
+	err := applyInfraInherit(compatibleOptions, s)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, m := range s.Mounts {
+		if m.Destination == "/mylog" {
+			assert.Empty(t, m.Options,
+				"/mylog should have no options; ro from /mytmp leaked")
+		}
+		if m.Destination == "/mytmp" {
+			assert.Equal(t, []string{"ro"}, m.Options,
+				"/mytmp should keep its ro option")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestApplyInfraInheritDoesNotOverwriteSeccomp verifies that applyInfraInherit
+// does not overwrite a pre-set SeccompProfilePath when the infra container has
+// no seccomp profile (empty string).
+func TestApplyInfraInheritDoesNotOverwriteSeccomp(t *testing.T) {
+	compatibleOptions := &libpod.InfraInherit{}
+
+	s := &specgen.SpecGenerator{}
+	s.SeccompProfilePath = "localhost/seccomp.json"
+
+	err := applyInfraInherit(compatibleOptions, s)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "localhost/seccomp.json", s.SeccompProfilePath,
+		"SeccompProfilePath should not be overwritten by empty infra value")
+}