diff --git a/src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp b/src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp
--- a/src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placespanel.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <KIO/Job>
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KMountPoint>
 
 #include <QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent>
 #include <QIcon>
@@ -181,6 +182,12 @@
 
         teardownAction = m_model->teardownAction(index);
         if (teardownAction) {
+            KMountPoint::Ptr mp = KMountPoint::currentMountPoints().findByPath(QDir::homePath());
+            if (item->url() == QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::rootPath()) ||
+                (mp && item->url() == QUrl::fromLocalFile(mp->mountPoint()))) {
+                // Disable teardown option for root and home paritions
+                teardownAction->setEnabled(false);
+            }
             teardownAction->setParent(&menu);
             menu.addAction(teardownAction);
         }