diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index 12f3a41a0f0ddb1467b8b1a3a5774fcfb64cba39..334a1dfc6f6eb8706c5cda37c9d6cb37e1acbc8b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -1597,11 +1597,15 @@ static int lxcContainerMountAllFS(virDomainDefPtr vmDef,
         if (STREQ(vmDef->fss[i]->dst, "/"))
             continue;
 
+        VIR_DEBUG("Mounting '%s' -> '%s'", vmDef->fss[i]->src, vmDef->fss[i]->dst);
+
         if (lxcContainerResolveSymlinks(vmDef->fss[i], false) < 0)
             return -1;
 
-        if (lxcContainerUnmountSubtree(vmDef->fss[i]->dst,
-                                       false) < 0)
+
+        if (!(vmDef->fss[i]->src &&
+              STRPREFIX(vmDef->fss[i]->src, vmDef->fss[i]->dst)) &&
+            lxcContainerUnmountSubtree(vmDef->fss[i]->dst, false) < 0)
             return -1;
 
         if (lxcContainerMountFS(vmDef->fss[i], sec_mount_options) < 0)