diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/genpolicy-settings.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/genpolicy-settings.json
index ee50544c3c..8a612a5940 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/genpolicy-settings.json
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/genpolicy-settings.json
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
     ],
     "common": {
         "cpath": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers",
+        "mount_source_cpath": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers",
         "sfprefix": "^$(cpath)/$(bundle-id)-[a-z0-9]{16}-",
         "ip_p": "[0-9]{1,5}",
         "ipv4_a": "(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\\.){3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])",
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
index 76d734e0bb..fdc03e0a2f 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ check_mount(p_mount, i_mount, bundle_id, sandbox_id) {
 mount_source_allows(p_mount, i_mount, bundle_id, sandbox_id) {
     regex1 := p_mount.source
     regex2 := replace(regex1, "$(sfprefix)", policy_data.common.sfprefix)
-    regex3 := replace(regex2, "$(cpath)", policy_data.common.cpath)
+    regex3 := replace(regex2, "$(cpath)", policy_data.common.mount_source_cpath)
     regex4 := replace(regex3, "$(bundle-id)", bundle_id)
 
     print("mount_source_allows 1: regex4 =", regex4)
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ mount_source_allows(p_mount, i_mount, bundle_id, sandbox_id) {
 mount_source_allows(p_mount, i_mount, bundle_id, sandbox_id) {
     regex1 := p_mount.source
     regex2 := replace(regex1, "$(sfprefix)", policy_data.common.sfprefix)
-    regex3 := replace(regex2, "$(cpath)", policy_data.common.cpath)
+    regex3 := replace(regex2, "$(cpath)", policy_data.common.mount_source_cpath)
     regex4 := replace(regex3, "$(sandbox-id)", sandbox_id)
 
     print("mount_source_allows 2: regex4 =", regex4)
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
index c04e14e703..7cbfb86d21 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ pub struct CommonData {
     /// Path to the shared container files - e.g., "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers".
     pub cpath: String,
 
+    /// Path to the shared container files for mount sources - e.g., "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers".
+    pub mount_source_cpath: String,
+
     /// Regex prefix for shared file paths - e.g., "^$(cpath)/$(bundle-id)-[a-z0-9]{16}-".
     pub sfprefix: String,