diff --git a/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in b/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
index ab84f5c003..adc33564e6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
+++ b/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ unmount_partition()
 {
 	local mountpoint="$1"
 	[ -n "$mountpoint" ] || die "need mountpoint"
-	[ -n "$mountpoint" ] || die "mountpoint does not exist: $mountpoint"
+	[ -e "$mountpoint" ] || die "mountpoint does not exist: $mountpoint"
 
 	umount "$mountpoint"
 }