diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
index 03748508ba6..3ef8d22be37 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
@@ -165,6 +165,28 @@ func (hu *HostUtil) FindMountInfo(path string) (mount.MountInfo, error) {
 	return findMountInfo(path, procMountInfoPath)
 }
 
+// FindExactMountInfo returns exact mount point that matches given path
+func (hu *HostUtil) FindExactMountInfo(path string) (mount.MountInfo, error) {
+	infos, err := mount.ParseMountInfo(procMountInfoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return mount.MountInfo{}, err
+	}
+
+	// process /proc/xxx/mountinfo in backward order and find the first mount
+	// point that is prefix of 'path' - that's the mount where path resides
+	var info *mount.MountInfo
+	for i := len(infos) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if path == infos[i].MountPoint {
+			info = &infos[i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if info == nil {
+		return mount.MountInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("cannot find mount point for %q", path)
+	}
+	return *info, nil
+}
+
 // isShared returns true, if given path is on a mount point that has shared
 // mount propagation.
 func isShared(mount string, mountInfoPath string) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/subpath/subpath_linux.go b/pkg/volume/util/subpath/subpath_linux.go
index 84661ac1c59..70a828db210 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/subpath/subpath_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/subpath/subpath_linux.go
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ func prepareSubpathTarget(mounter mount.Interface, subpath Subpath) (bool, strin
 			return false, "", fmt.Errorf("error calling findMountInfo for %s: %s", bindPathTarget, err)
 		}
 		if mntInfo.Root != subpath.Path {
+			volumeMountInfo, err := linuxHostUtil.FindExactMountInfo(subpath.VolumePath)
+			if err == nil && mount.PathWithinBase(subpath.Path, subpath.VolumePath) &&
+				(volumeMountInfo.Major == mntInfo.Major && volumeMountInfo.Minor == mntInfo.Minor) {
+				klog.V(5).Infof("Skipping bind-mounting subpath %s, volumePath: %s, path: %s", bindPathTarget, subpath.VolumePath, subpath.Path)
+				return true, bindPathTarget, nil
+			}
+
 			// It's already mounted but not what we want, unmount it
 			if err = mounter.Unmount(bindPathTarget); err != nil {
 				return false, "", fmt.Errorf("error ummounting %s: %s", bindPathTarget, err)