diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
index a7c00ea1b6d..50e9382828f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
@@ -363,19 +363,7 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) Unmount(target string) error {
 	command := exec.Command("umount", target)
 	output, err := command.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		if err.Error() == errNoChildProcesses {
-			if command.ProcessState.Success() {
-				// We don't consider errNoChildProcesses an error if the process itself succeeded (see - k/k issue #103753).
-				return nil
-			}
-			// Rewrite err with the actual exit error of the process.
-			err = &exec.ExitError{ProcessState: command.ProcessState}
-		}
-		if mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior && strings.Contains(string(output), errNotMounted) {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("ignoring 'not mounted' error for %s", target)
-			return nil
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("unmount failed: %v\nUnmounting arguments: %s\nOutput: %s", err, target, string(output))
+		return checkUmountError(target, command, output, err, mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -383,11 +371,11 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) Unmount(target string) error {
 // UnmountWithForce unmounts given target but will retry unmounting with force option
 // after given timeout.
 func (mounter *Mounter) UnmountWithForce(target string, umountTimeout time.Duration) error {
-	err := tryUnmount(mounter, target, umountTimeout)
+	err := tryUnmount(target, mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior, umountTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == context.DeadlineExceeded {
 			klog.V(2).Infof("Timed out waiting for unmount of %s, trying with -f", target)
-			err = forceUmount(target)
+			err = forceUmount(target, mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior)
 		}
 		return err
 	}
@@ -775,13 +763,13 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) IsMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // tryUnmount calls plain "umount" and waits for unmountTimeout for it to finish.
-func tryUnmount(mounter *Mounter, path string, unmountTimeout time.Duration) error {
-	klog.V(4).Infof("Unmounting %s", path)
+func tryUnmount(target string, withSafeNotMountedBehavior bool, unmountTimeout time.Duration) error {
+	klog.V(4).Infof("Unmounting %s", target)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), unmountTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "umount", path)
-	out, cmderr := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	command := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "umount", target)
+	output, err := command.CombinedOutput()
 
 	// CombinedOutput() does not return DeadlineExceeded, make sure it's
 	// propagated on timeout.
@@ -789,22 +777,35 @@ func tryUnmount(mounter *Mounter, path string, unmountTimeout time.Duration) err
 		return ctx.Err()
 	}
 
-	if cmderr != nil {
-		if mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior && strings.Contains(string(out), errNotMounted) {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("ignoring 'not mounted' error for %s", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return checkUmountError(target, command, output, err, withSafeNotMountedBehavior)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func forceUmount(target string, withSafeNotMountedBehavior bool) error {
+	command := exec.Command("umount", "-f", target)
+	output, err := command.CombinedOutput()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return checkUmountError(target, command, output, err, withSafeNotMountedBehavior)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// checkUmountError checks a result of umount command and determine a return value.
+func checkUmountError(target string, command *exec.Cmd, output []byte, err error, withSafeNotMountedBehavior bool) error {
+	if err.Error() == errNoChildProcesses {
+		if command.ProcessState.Success() {
+			// We don't consider errNoChildProcesses an error if the process itself succeeded (see - k/k issue #103753).
 			return nil
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("unmount failed: %v\nUnmounting arguments: %s\nOutput: %s", cmderr, path, string(out))
+		// Rewrite err with the actual exit error of the process.
+		err = &exec.ExitError{ProcessState: command.ProcessState}
 	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func forceUmount(path string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("umount", "-f", path)
-	out, cmderr := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-
-	if cmderr != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unmount failed: %v\nUnmounting arguments: %s\nOutput: %s", cmderr, path, string(out))
+	if withSafeNotMountedBehavior && strings.Contains(string(output), errNotMounted) {
+		klog.V(4).Infof("ignoring 'not mounted' error for %s", target)
+		return nil
 	}
-	return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("unmount failed: %v\nUnmounting arguments: %s\nOutput: %s", err, target, string(output))
 }