diff --git a/pkg/driver/mount_linux.go b/pkg/driver/mount_linux.go
index 1482288654..a9be651e1a 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/mount_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/mount_linux.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (m *NodeMounter) Unpublish(path string) error {
 }
 
 func (m *NodeMounter) Unstage(path string) error {
-	err := m.Unmount(path)
+	err := mountutils.CleanupMountPoint(path, m, false)
 	// Ignore the error when it contains "not mounted", because that indicates the
 	// world is already in the desired state
 	//