diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux_test.go
index 19a9482b985..c255967d73f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ func (mi *fakeMountInterface) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (mi *fakeMountInterface) GetFileType(pathname string) (mount.FileType, error) {
+	return mount.FileType("fake"), nil
+}
+
+func (mi *fakeMountInterface) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mi *fakeMountInterface) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mi *fakeMountInterface) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func fakeContainerMgrMountInt() mount.Interface {
 	return &fakeMountInterface{
 		[]mount.MountPoint{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
index 6620cc07e2e..79b0fe3ea3a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) newVolumeMounterFromPlugins(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, o
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't use volume plugins for %s: %v", spec.Name(), err)
 	}
-	opts.Containerized = kl.kubeletConfiguration.Containerized
 	physicalMounter, err := plugin.NewMounter(spec, pod, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to instantiate mounter for volume: %s using plugin: %s with a root cause: %v", spec.Name(), plugin.GetPluginName(), err)
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/fake.go b/pkg/util/mount/fake.go
index 480d15b9a3e..d34510ae2a8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/fake.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (f *FakeMounter) List() ([]MountPoint, error) {
 }
 
 func (f *FakeMounter) IsMountPointMatch(mp MountPoint, dir string) bool {
-	return (mp.Path == dir)
+	return mp.Path == dir
 }
 
 func (f *FakeMounter) IsNotMountPoint(dir string) (bool, error) {
@@ -175,3 +175,19 @@ func (f *FakeMounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (strin
 func (f *FakeMounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (f *FakeMounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error) {
+	return FileType("fake"), nil
+}
+
+func (f *FakeMounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *FakeMounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *FakeMounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
index 5be3ca40af5..1c09e157f8e 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
@@ -27,10 +27,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
+type FileType string
+
 const (
 	// Default mount command if mounter path is not specified
-	defaultMountCommand  = "mount"
-	MountsInGlobalPDPath = "mounts"
+	defaultMountCommand           = "mount"
+	MountsInGlobalPDPath          = "mounts"
+	FileTypeDirectory    FileType = "Directory"
+	FileTypeFile         FileType = "File"
+	FileTypeSocket       FileType = "Socket"
+	FileTypeCharDev      FileType = "CharDevice"
+	FileTypeBlockDev     FileType = "BlockDevice"
 )
 
 type Interface interface {
@@ -70,6 +77,18 @@ type Interface interface {
 	// MakeRShared checks that given path is on a mount with 'rshared' mount
 	// propagation. If not, it bind-mounts the path as rshared.
 	MakeRShared(path string) error
+	// GetFileType checks for file/directory/socket/block/character devices.
+	// Will operate in the host mount namespace if kubelet is running in a container
+	GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error)
+	// MakeFile creates an empty file.
+	// Will operate in the host mount namespace if kubelet is running in a container
+	MakeFile(pathname string) error
+	// MakeDir creates a new directory.
+	// Will operate in the host mount namespace if kubelet is running in a container
+	MakeDir(pathname string) error
+	// ExistsPath checks whether the path exists.
+	// Will operate in the host mount namespace if kubelet is running in a container
+	ExistsPath(pathname string) bool
 }
 
 // Exec executes command where mount utilities are. This can be either the host,
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
index 0303eb7dc08..8976bd25542 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
@@ -252,17 +252,29 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) DeviceOpened(pathname string) (bool, error) {
 // PathIsDevice uses FileInfo returned from os.Stat to check if path refers
 // to a device.
 func (mounter *Mounter) PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
-	return pathIsDevice(pathname)
+	pathType, err := mounter.GetFileType(pathname)
+	isDevice := pathType == FileTypeCharDev || pathType == FileTypeBlockDev
+	return isDevice, err
 }
 
 func exclusiveOpenFailsOnDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
-	isDevice, err := pathIsDevice(pathname)
+	var isDevice bool
+	finfo, err := os.Stat(pathname)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		isDevice = false
+	}
+	// err in call to os.Stat
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf(
 			"PathIsDevice failed for path %q: %v",
 			pathname,
 			err)
 	}
+	// path refers to a device
+	if finfo.Mode()&os.ModeDevice != 0 {
+		isDevice = true
+	}
+
 	if !isDevice {
 		glog.Errorf("Path %q is not refering to a device.", pathname)
 		return false, nil
@@ -282,23 +294,6 @@ func exclusiveOpenFailsOnDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, errno
 }
 
-func pathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
-	finfo, err := os.Stat(pathname)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	// err in call to os.Stat
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	// path refers to a device
-	if finfo.Mode()&os.ModeDevice != 0 {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-	// path does not refer to device
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 //GetDeviceNameFromMount: given a mount point, find the device name from its global mount point
 func (mounter *Mounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (string, error) {
 	return getDeviceNameFromMount(mounter, mountPath, pluginDir)
@@ -353,6 +348,63 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return doMakeRShared(path, procMountInfoPath)
 }
 
+func (mounter *Mounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error) {
+	var pathType FileType
+	finfo, err := os.Stat(pathname)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return pathType, fmt.Errorf("path %q does not exist", pathname)
+	}
+	// err in call to os.Stat
+	if err != nil {
+		return pathType, err
+	}
+
+	mode := finfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Mode
+	switch mode & syscall.S_IFMT {
+	case syscall.S_IFSOCK:
+		return FileTypeSocket, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFBLK:
+		return FileTypeBlockDev, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFCHR:
+		return FileTypeBlockDev, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFDIR:
+		return FileTypeDirectory, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFREG:
+		return FileTypeFile, nil
+	}
+
+	return pathType, fmt.Errorf("only recognise file, directory, socket, block device and character device")
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(pathname, os.FileMode(0755))
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(pathname, os.O_CREATE, os.FileMode(0644))
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(pathname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // formatAndMount uses unix utils to format and mount the given disk
 func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMount(source string, target string, fstype string, options []string) error {
 	options = append(options, "defaults")
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
index e0618949d81..865d53d09e5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package mount
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
 type Mounter struct {
 	mounterPath string
 }
@@ -74,3 +78,23 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMount(source string, target string, fstype string, options []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) diskLooksUnformatted(disk string) (bool, error) {
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error) {
+	return FileType("fake"), errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *Mounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
index 2cb890f1b03..50c95caa528 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
@@ -167,6 +168,67 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetFileType checks for sockets/block/character devices
+func (mounter *Mounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error) {
+	var pathType FileType
+	info, err := os.Stat(pathname)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return pathType, fmt.Errorf("path %q does not exist", pathname)
+	}
+	// err in call to os.Stat
+	if err != nil {
+		return pathType, err
+	}
+
+	mode := info.Sys().(*syscall.Win32FileAttributeData).FileAttributes
+	switch mode & syscall.S_IFMT {
+	case syscall.S_IFSOCK:
+		return FileTypeSocket, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFBLK:
+		return FileTypeBlockDev, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFCHR:
+		return FileTypeCharDev, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFDIR:
+		return FileTypeDirectory, nil
+	case syscall.S_IFREG:
+		return FileTypeFile, nil
+	}
+
+	return pathType, fmt.Errorf("only recognise file, directory, socket, block device and character device")
+}
+
+// MakeFile creates a new directory
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(pathname, os.FileMode(0755))
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MakeFile creates an empty file
+func (mounter *Mounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(pathname, os.O_CREATE, os.FileMode(0644))
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ExistsPath checks whether the path exists
+func (mounter *Mounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(pathname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMount(source string, target string, fstype string, options []string) error {
 	// Try to mount the disk
 	glog.V(4).Infof("Attempting to formatAndMount disk: %s %s %s", fstype, source, target)
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
index f1f69d24d32..a6c7869b0d8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ func (n *NsenterMounter) DeviceOpened(pathname string) (bool, error) {
 // PathIsDevice uses FileInfo returned from os.Stat to check if path refers
 // to a device.
 func (n *NsenterMounter) PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
-	return pathIsDevice(pathname)
+	pathType, err := n.GetFileType(pathname)
+	isDevice := pathType == FileTypeCharDev || pathType == FileTypeBlockDev
+	return isDevice, err
 }
 
 //GetDeviceNameFromMount given a mount point, find the volume id from checking /proc/mounts
@@ -220,3 +222,51 @@ func (n *NsenterMounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (st
 func (n *NsenterMounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return doMakeRShared(path, hostProcMountinfoPath)
 }
+
+func (mounter *NsenterMounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (FileType, error) {
+	var pathType FileType
+	outputBytes, err := mounter.ne.Exec("stat", []string{"-L", `--printf "%F"`, pathname}).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return pathType, err
+	}
+
+	switch string(outputBytes) {
+	case "socket":
+		return FileTypeSocket, nil
+	case "character special file":
+		return FileTypeCharDev, nil
+	case "block special file":
+		return FileTypeBlockDev, nil
+	case "directory":
+		return FileTypeDirectory, nil
+	case "regular file":
+		return FileTypeFile, nil
+	}
+
+	return pathType, fmt.Errorf("only recognise file, directory, socket, block device and character device")
+}
+
+func (mounter *NsenterMounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	args := []string{"-p", pathname}
+	if _, err := mounter.ne.Exec("mkdir", args).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *NsenterMounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	args := []string{pathname}
+	if _, err := mounter.ne.Exec("touch", args).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *NsenterMounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	args := []string{pathname}
+	_, err := mounter.ne.Exec("ls", args).CombinedOutput()
+	if err == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount_unsupported.go b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount_unsupported.go
index f881c508711..f4eb692f958 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount_unsupported.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package mount
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
 type NsenterMounter struct{}
 
 func NewNsenterMounter() *NsenterMounter {
@@ -65,3 +69,19 @@ func (*NsenterMounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (stri
 func (*NsenterMounter) MakeRShared(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (*NsenterMounter) GetFileType(_ string) (FileType, error) {
+	return FileType("fake"), errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (*NsenterMounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*NsenterMounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*NsenterMounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/removeall/removeall_test.go b/pkg/util/removeall/removeall_test.go
index df04e0cbf76..22bdd092ed3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/removeall/removeall_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/removeall/removeall_test.go
@@ -34,27 +34,51 @@ var _ mount.Interface = &fakeMounter{}
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) Mount(source string, target string, fstype string, options []string) error {
 	return errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) Unmount(target string) error {
 	return errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) List() ([]mount.MountPoint, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter fakeMounter) DeviceOpened(pathname string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) IsMountPointMatch(mp mount.MountPoint, dir string) bool {
-	return (mp.Path == dir)
+	return mp.Path == dir
 }
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) IsNotMountPoint(dir string) (bool, error) {
 	return mount.IsNotMountPoint(mounter, dir)
 }
+
+func (mounter *fakeMounter) GetFileType(pathname string) (mount.FileType, error) {
+	return mount.FileType("fake"), errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (mounter *fakeMounter) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *fakeMounter) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mounter *fakeMounter) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func (mounter *fakeMounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	name := path.Base(file)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "mount") {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
index 0ca43cc8585..97e3fa5db55 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/validation"
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ func (plugin *hostPathPlugin) NewMounter(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, opts vo
 		pathType = hostPathVolumeSource.Type
 	}
 	return &hostPathMounter{
-		hostPath: &hostPath{path: path, pathType: pathType, containerized: opts.Containerized},
+		hostPath: &hostPath{path: path, pathType: pathType},
 		readOnly: readOnly,
+		mounter:  plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName()),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -182,9 +184,8 @@ func newProvisioner(options volume.VolumeOptions, host volume.VolumeHost, plugin
 // HostPath volumes represent a bare host file or directory mount.
 // The direct at the specified path will be directly exposed to the container.
 type hostPath struct {
-	path          string
-	pathType      *v1.HostPathType
-	containerized bool
+	path     string
+	pathType *v1.HostPathType
 	volume.MetricsNil
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ func (hp *hostPath) GetPath() string {
 type hostPathMounter struct {
 	*hostPath
 	readOnly bool
+	mounter  mount.Interface
 }
 
 var _ volume.Mounter = &hostPathMounter{}
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ func (b *hostPathMounter) SetUp(fsGroup *int64) error {
 	if *b.pathType == v1.HostPathUnset {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return checkType(b.GetPath(), b.pathType, b.containerized)
+	return checkType(b.GetPath(), b.pathType, b.mounter)
 }
 
 // SetUpAt does not make sense for host paths - probably programmer error.
@@ -340,132 +342,77 @@ type hostPathTypeChecker interface {
 	GetPath() string
 }
 
-type fileTypeChecker interface {
-	getFileType(fileInfo os.FileInfo) (v1.HostPathType, error)
-}
-
-// this is implemented in per-OS files
-type defaultFileTypeChecker struct{}
-
-type osFileTypeChecker struct {
+type fileTypeChecker struct {
 	path    string
 	exists  bool
-	info    os.FileInfo
-	checker fileTypeChecker
+	mounter mount.Interface
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) Exists() bool {
-	return ftc.exists
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) Exists() bool {
+	return ftc.mounter.ExistsPath(ftc.path)
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) IsFile() bool {
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) IsFile() bool {
 	if !ftc.Exists() {
 		return false
 	}
-	return !ftc.info.IsDir()
+	return !ftc.IsDir()
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) MakeFile() error {
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(ftc.path, os.O_CREATE, os.FileMode(0644))
-	defer f.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		if !os.IsExist(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) MakeFile() error {
+	return ftc.mounter.MakeFile(ftc.path)
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) IsDir() bool {
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) IsDir() bool {
 	if !ftc.Exists() {
 		return false
 	}
-	return ftc.info.IsDir()
-}
-
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) MakeDir() error {
-	err := os.MkdirAll(ftc.path, os.FileMode(0755))
-	if err != nil {
-		if !os.IsExist(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) IsBlock() bool {
-	if !ftc.Exists() {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	blkDevType, err := ftc.checker.getFileType(ftc.info)
+	pathType, err := ftc.mounter.GetFileType(ftc.path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return blkDevType == v1.HostPathBlockDev
+	return string(pathType) == string(v1.HostPathDirectory)
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) IsChar() bool {
-	if !ftc.Exists() {
-		return false
-	}
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) MakeDir() error {
+	return ftc.mounter.MakeDir(ftc.path)
+}
 
-	charDevType, err := ftc.checker.getFileType(ftc.info)
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) IsBlock() bool {
+	blkDevType, err := ftc.mounter.GetFileType(ftc.path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return charDevType == v1.HostPathCharDev
+	return string(blkDevType) == string(v1.HostPathBlockDev)
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) IsSocket() bool {
-	if !ftc.Exists() {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	socketType, err := ftc.checker.getFileType(ftc.info)
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) IsChar() bool {
+	charDevType, err := ftc.mounter.GetFileType(ftc.path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return socketType == v1.HostPathSocket
+	return string(charDevType) == string(v1.HostPathCharDev)
 }
 
-func (ftc *osFileTypeChecker) GetPath() string {
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) IsSocket() bool {
+	socketType, err := ftc.mounter.GetFileType(ftc.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return string(socketType) == string(v1.HostPathSocket)
+}
+
+func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) GetPath() string {
 	return ftc.path
 }
 
-func newOSFileTypeChecker(path string, checker fileTypeChecker) (hostPathTypeChecker, error) {
-	ftc := osFileTypeChecker{path: path, checker: checker}
-	info, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		ftc.exists = false
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		ftc.info = info
-		ftc.exists = true
-	}
-	return &ftc, nil
+func newFileTypeChecker(path string, mounter mount.Interface) hostPathTypeChecker {
+	return &fileTypeChecker{path: path, mounter: mounter}
 }
 
-func checkType(path string, pathType *v1.HostPathType, containerized bool) error {
-	var ftc hostPathTypeChecker
-	var err error
-	if containerized {
-		// For a containerized kubelet, use nsenter to run commands in
-		// the host's mount namespace.
-		// TODO(dixudx): setns into docker's mount namespace, and then run the exact same go code for checks/setup
-		ftc, err = newNsenterFileTypeChecker(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		ftc, err = newOSFileTypeChecker(path, &defaultFileTypeChecker{})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return checkTypeInternal(ftc, pathType)
+// checkType checks whether the given path is the exact pathType
+func checkType(path string, pathType *v1.HostPathType, mounter mount.Interface) error {
+	return checkTypeInternal(newFileTypeChecker(path, mounter), pathType)
 }
 
 func checkTypeInternal(ftc hostPathTypeChecker, pathType *v1.HostPathType) error {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_test.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_test.go
index a421ab731ff..664d0e6b9fb 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// +build linux
-
 /*
 Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	utilfile "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/file"
+	utilmount "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumetest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/testing"
 )
@@ -323,8 +322,58 @@ type fakeFileTypeChecker struct {
 	desiredType string
 }
 
-func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) getFileType(_ os.FileInfo) (v1.HostPathType, error) {
-	return *newHostPathType(fftc.desiredType), nil
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) Mount(source string, target string, fstype string, options []string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) Unmount(target string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) List() ([]utilmount.MountPoint, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) IsMountPointMatch(mp utilmount.MountPoint, dir string) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) IsNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) DeviceOpened(pathname string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (string, error) {
+	return "fake", nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) MakeRShared(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) MakeFile(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) MakeDir(pathname string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) ExistsPath(pathname string) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (fftc *fakeFileTypeChecker) GetFileType(_ string) (utilmount.FileType, error) {
+	return utilmount.FileType(fftc.desiredType), nil
 }
 
 func setUp() error {
@@ -363,14 +412,16 @@ func TestOSFileTypeChecker(t *testing.T) {
 		isChar      bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:  "Existing Folder",
-			path:  "/tmp/ExistingFolder",
-			isDir: true,
+			name:        "Existing Folder",
+			path:        "/tmp/ExistingFolder",
+			desiredType: string(utilmount.FileTypeDirectory),
+			isDir:       true,
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "Existing File",
-			path:   "/tmp/ExistingFolder/foo",
-			isFile: true,
+			name:        "Existing File",
+			path:        "/tmp/ExistingFolder/foo",
+			desiredType: string(utilmount.FileTypeFile),
+			isFile:      true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Existing Socket File",
@@ -393,11 +444,8 @@ func TestOSFileTypeChecker(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testCases {
-		oftc, err := newOSFileTypeChecker(tc.path,
-			&fakeFileTypeChecker{desiredType: tc.desiredType})
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("[%d: %q] expect nil, but got %v", i, tc.name, err)
-		}
+		fakeFTC := &fakeFileTypeChecker{desiredType: tc.desiredType}
+		oftc := newFileTypeChecker(tc.path, fakeFTC)
 
 		path := oftc.GetPath()
 		if path != tc.path {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_unix.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 05deaaed5b2..00000000000
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// +build linux darwin
-
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package host_path
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-)
-
-func (dftc *defaultFileTypeChecker) getFileType(info os.FileInfo) (v1.HostPathType, error) {
-	mode := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Mode
-	switch mode & syscall.S_IFMT {
-	case syscall.S_IFSOCK:
-		return v1.HostPathSocket, nil
-	case syscall.S_IFBLK:
-		return v1.HostPathBlockDev, nil
-	case syscall.S_IFCHR:
-		return v1.HostPathCharDev, nil
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("only recognise socket, block device and character device")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_windows.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ff27e49371f..00000000000
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package host_path
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-)
-
-func (dftc *defaultFileTypeChecker) getFileType(info os.FileInfo) (v1.HostPathType, error) {
-	mode := info.Sys().(*syscall.Win32FileAttributeData).FileAttributes
-	switch mode & syscall.S_IFMT {
-	case syscall.S_IFSOCK:
-		return v1.HostPathSocket, nil
-	case syscall.S_IFBLK:
-		return v1.HostPathBlockDev, nil
-	case syscall.S_IFCHR:
-		return v1.HostPathCharDev, nil
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("only recognise socket, block device and character device")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c3c3cfece57..00000000000
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-// +build linux
-
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package host_path
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
-)
-
-const (
-	hostProcMountsNamespace = "/rootfs/proc/1/ns/mnt"
-	nsenterCmd              = "nsenter"
-	statCmd                 = "stat"
-	touchCmd                = "touch"
-	mkdirCmd                = "mkdir"
-)
-
-// nsenterFileTypeChecker is part of experimental support for running the kubelet
-// in a container. nsenterFileTypeChecker works by executing "nsenter" to run commands in
-// the host's mount namespace.
-//
-// nsenterFileTypeChecker requires:
-//
-// 1.  The host's root filesystem must be available at "/rootfs";
-// 2.  The "nsenter" binary must be on the Kubelet process' PATH in the container's
-//     filesystem;
-// 3.  The Kubelet process must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN (required by "nsenter"); at
-//     the present, this effectively means that the kubelet is running in a
-//     privileged container;
-// 4.  The host image must have "stat", "touch", "mkdir" binaries in "/bin", "/usr/sbin", or "/usr/bin";
-
-type nsenterFileTypeChecker struct {
-	path   string
-	exists bool
-}
-
-func newNsenterFileTypeChecker(path string) (hostPathTypeChecker, error) {
-	ftc := &nsenterFileTypeChecker{path: path}
-	ftc.Exists()
-	return ftc, nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) Exists() bool {
-	args := []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("--mount=%s", hostProcMountsNamespace),
-		"--",
-		"ls",
-		ftc.path,
-	}
-	exec := exec.New()
-	_, err := exec.Command(nsenterCmd, args...).CombinedOutput()
-	if err == nil {
-		ftc.exists = true
-	}
-	return ftc.exists
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsFile() bool {
-	if !ftc.Exists() {
-		return false
-	}
-	return !ftc.IsDir()
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) MakeFile() error {
-	args := []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("--mount=%s", hostProcMountsNamespace),
-		"--",
-		touchCmd,
-		ftc.path,
-	}
-	exec := exec.New()
-	if _, err := exec.Command(nsenterCmd, args...).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsDir() bool {
-	return ftc.checkMimetype("directory")
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) MakeDir() error {
-	args := []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("--mount=%s", hostProcMountsNamespace),
-		"--",
-		mkdirCmd,
-		"-p",
-		ftc.path,
-	}
-	exec := exec.New()
-	if _, err := exec.Command(nsenterCmd, args...).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsBlock() bool {
-	return ftc.checkMimetype("block special file")
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsChar() bool {
-	return ftc.checkMimetype("character special file")
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsSocket() bool {
-	return ftc.checkMimetype("socket")
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) GetPath() string {
-	return ftc.path
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) checkMimetype(checkedType string) bool {
-	if !ftc.Exists() {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	args := []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("--mount=%s", hostProcMountsNamespace),
-		"--",
-		statCmd,
-		"-L",
-		`--printf "%F"`,
-		ftc.path,
-	}
-	exec := exec.New()
-	outputBytes, err := exec.Command(nsenterCmd, args...).CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return string(outputBytes) == checkedType
-}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter_unsupported.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter_unsupported.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 166ef9f0a39..00000000000
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/nsenter_unsupported.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-// +build !linux
-
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package host_path
-
-type nsenterFileTypeChecker struct {
-	path   string
-	exists bool
-}
-
-func newNsenterFileTypeChecker(path string) (hostPathTypeChecker, error) {
-	ftc := &nsenterFileTypeChecker{path: path}
-	ftc.Exists()
-	return ftc, nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) Exists() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsFile() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) MakeFile() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsDir() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) MakeDir() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsBlock() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsChar() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) IsSocket() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ftc *nsenterFileTypeChecker) GetPath() string {
-	return ftc.path
-}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/plugins.go b/pkg/volume/plugins.go
index eb2f8149ac4..334578b4d1c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/plugins.go
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ type VolumeOptions struct {
 	CloudTags *map[string]string
 	// Volume provisioning parameters from StorageClass
 	Parameters map[string]string
-	// This flag helps identify whether kubelet is running in a container
-	Containerized bool
 }
 
 type DynamicPluginProber interface {