diff --git a/daemon/volumes.go b/daemon/volumes.go
index ec0ccd0239..f98baa1c78 100644
--- a/daemon/volumes.go
+++ b/daemon/volumes.go
@@ -191,15 +191,20 @@ func parseBindMountSpec(spec string) (string, string, bool, error) {
 func (container *Container) applyVolumesFrom() error {
 	volumesFrom := container.hostConfig.VolumesFrom
 
+	mountGroups := make([]map[string]*Mount, 0, len(volumesFrom))
+
 	for _, spec := range volumesFrom {
-		mounts, err := parseVolumesFromSpec(container.daemon, spec)
+		mountGroup, err := parseVolumesFromSpec(container.daemon, spec)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		mountGroups = append(mountGroups, mountGroup)
+	}
 
+	for _, mounts := range mountGroups {
 		for _, mnt := range mounts {
 			mnt.container = container
-			if err = mnt.initialize(); err != nil {
+			if err := mnt.initialize(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_start_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_start_test.go
index 18ad96aef1..addc781ca9 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_start_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_start_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -36,3 +37,31 @@ func TestStartAttachReturnsOnError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logDone("start - error on start with attach exits")
 }
+
+// gh#8726: a failed Start() breaks --volumes-from on subsequent Start()'s
+func TestStartVolumesFromFailsCleanly(t *testing.T) {
+	defer deleteAllContainers()
+
+	// Create the first data volume
+	cmd(t, "run", "-d", "--name", "data_before", "-v", "/foo", "busybox")
+
+	// Expect this to fail because the data test after contaienr doesn't exist yet
+	if _, err := runCommand(exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "--name", "consumer", "--volumes-from", "data_before", "--volumes-from", "data_after", "busybox")); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected error but got none")
+	}
+
+	// Create the second data volume
+	cmd(t, "run", "-d", "--name", "data_after", "-v", "/bar", "busybox")
+
+	// Now, all the volumes should be there
+	cmd(t, "start", "consumer")
+
+	// Check that we have the volumes we want
+	out, _, _ := cmd(t, "inspect", "--format='{{ len .Volumes }}'", "consumer")
+	n_volumes := strings.Trim(out, " \r\n'")
+	if n_volumes != "2" {
+		t.Fatalf("Missing volumes: expected 2, got %s", n_volumes)
+	}
+
+	logDone("start - missing containers in --volumes-from did not affect subsequent runs")
+}