diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
index 6df62adf9d..bb5aaa319e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd.go
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ func (v *virtiofsd) args(FdSocketNumber uint) ([]string, error) {
 		"-o", "source=" + v.sourcePath,
 		// fd number of vhost-user socket
 		fmt.Sprintf("--fd=%v", FdSocketNumber),
-		// foreground operation
-		"-f",
 	}
 
 	if len(v.extraArgs) != 0 {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
index a4252a2ba9..2fd096b380 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/virtiofsd_test.go
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ func TestVirtiofsdArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		cache:      "none",
 	}
 
-	expected := "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=123 -f"
+	expected := "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=123"
 	args, err := v.args(123)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(expected, strings.Join(args, " "))
 
-	expected = "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=456 -f"
+	expected = "--syslog -o cache=none -o no_posix_lock -o source=/run/kata-shared/foo --fd=456"
 	args, err = v.args(456)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(expected, strings.Join(args, " "))