diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
index d367a70c2e1..73839fbe325 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ type FakeMounter struct {
 	MountCheckErrors map[string]error
 	// Some tests run things in parallel, make sure the mounter does not produce
 	// any golang's DATA RACE warnings.
-	mutex       sync.Mutex
-	UnmountFunc UnmountFunc
+	mutex               sync.Mutex
+	UnmountFunc         UnmountFunc
+	skipMountPointCheck bool
 }
 
 // UnmountFunc is a function callback to be executed during the Unmount() call.
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ func NewFakeMounter(mps []MountPoint) *FakeMounter {
 	}
 }
 
+func (f *FakeMounter) WithSkipMountPointCheck() *FakeMounter {
+	f.skipMountPointCheck = true
+	return f
+}
+
 // ResetLog clears all the log entries in FakeMounter
 func (f *FakeMounter) ResetLog() {
 	f.mutex.Lock()
@@ -212,9 +218,8 @@ func (f *FakeMounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck always returns false for FakeMounter.
 func (f *FakeMounter) CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
-	return false
+	return f.skipMountPointCheck
 }
 
 // GetMountRefs finds all mount references to the path, returns a
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_test.go
index 34137ca6ac9..23f0680bf40 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_test.go
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ func TestDoCleanupMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 		// the given base directory.
 		// Returns a fake MountPoint, a fake error for the mount point,
 		// and error if the prepare function encountered a fatal error.
-		prepare   func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error)
-		expectErr bool
+		prepareMnt func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error)
+		// Function that prepares the FakeMounter for the test.
+		// Returns error if prepareMntr function encountered a fatal error.
+		prepareMntr func(mntr *FakeMounter) error
+		expectErr   bool
 	}{
 		"mount-ok": {
-			prepare: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
+			prepareMnt: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
 				path := filepath.Join(base, testMount)
 				if err := os.MkdirAll(path, defaultPerm); err != nil {
 					return MountPoint{}, nil, err
@@ -54,13 +57,13 @@ func TestDoCleanupMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		"path-not-exist": {
-			prepare: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
+			prepareMnt: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
 				path := filepath.Join(base, testMount)
 				return MountPoint{Device: "/dev/sdb", Path: path}, nil, nil
 			},
 		},
 		"mount-corrupted": {
-			prepare: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
+			prepareMnt: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
 				path := filepath.Join(base, testMount)
 				if err := os.MkdirAll(path, defaultPerm); err != nil {
 					return MountPoint{}, nil, err
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ func TestDoCleanupMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 			corruptedMnt: true,
 		},
 		"mount-err-not-corrupted": {
-			prepare: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
+			prepareMnt: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
 				path := filepath.Join(base, testMount)
 				if err := os.MkdirAll(path, defaultPerm); err != nil {
 					return MountPoint{}, nil, err
@@ -79,6 +82,20 @@ func TestDoCleanupMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectErr: true,
 		},
+		"skip-mount-point-check": {
+			prepareMnt: func(base string) (MountPoint, error, error) {
+				path := filepath.Join(base, testMount)
+				if err := os.MkdirAll(path, defaultPerm); err != nil {
+					return MountPoint{Device: "/dev/sdb", Path: path}, nil, err
+				}
+				return MountPoint{Device: "/dev/sdb", Path: path}, nil, nil
+			},
+			prepareMntr: func(mntr *FakeMounter) error {
+				mntr.WithSkipMountPointCheck()
+				return nil
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tt := range tests {
@@ -90,19 +107,22 @@ func TestDoCleanupMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
-			if tt.prepare == nil {
-				t.Fatalf("prepare function required")
+			if tt.prepareMnt == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("prepareMnt function required")
 			}
 
-			mountPoint, mountError, err := tt.prepare(tmpDir)
+			mountPoint, mountError, err := tt.prepareMnt(tmpDir)
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to prepare test: %v", err)
+				t.Fatalf("failed to prepareMnt for test: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			fake := NewFakeMounter(
 				[]MountPoint{mountPoint},
 			)
 			fake.MountCheckErrors = map[string]error{mountPoint.Path: mountError}
+			if tt.prepareMntr != nil {
+				tt.prepareMntr(fake)
+			}
 
 			err = doCleanupMountPoint(mountPoint.Path, fake, true, tt.corruptedMnt)
 			if tt.expectErr {