diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
index ecfc83a0999..03748508ba6 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/selinux"
 	"k8s.io/mount-utils"
 	utilpath "k8s.io/utils/path"
 )
@@ -230,8 +231,16 @@ func DoMakeRShared(path string, mountInfoFilename string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// selinux.SELinuxEnabled implementation for unit tests
+type seLinuxEnabledFunc func() bool
+
 // GetSELinux is common implementation of GetSELinuxSupport on Linux.
-func GetSELinux(path string, mountInfoFilename string) (bool, error) {
+func GetSELinux(path string, mountInfoFilename string, selinuxEnabled seLinuxEnabledFunc) (bool, error) {
+	// Skip /proc/mounts parsing if SELinux is disabled.
+	if !selinuxEnabled() {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	info, err := findMountInfo(path, mountInfoFilename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ func GetSELinux(path string, mountInfoFilename string) (bool, error) {
 // GetSELinuxSupport returns true if given path is on a mount that supports
 // SELinux.
 func (hu *HostUtil) GetSELinuxSupport(pathname string) (bool, error) {
-	return GetSELinux(pathname, procMountInfoPath)
+	return GetSELinux(pathname, procMountInfoPath, selinux.SELinuxEnabled)
 }
 
 // GetOwner returns the integer ID for the user and group of the given path
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux_test.go b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux_test.go
index ccf2c84e5a7..4ae76e28f6a 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_linux_test.go
@@ -157,27 +157,37 @@ func TestGetSELinuxSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string
 		mountPoint     string
+		selinuxEnabled bool
 		expectedResult bool
 	}{
+		{
+			"ext4 on / with disabled SELinux",
+			"/",
+			false,
+			false,
+		},
 		{
 			"ext4 on /",
 			"/",
 			true,
+			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"tmpfs on /var/lib/bar",
 			"/var/lib/bar",
+			true,
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"nfsv4",
 			"/media/nfs_vol",
+			true,
 			false,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		out, err := GetSELinux(test.mountPoint, filename)
+		out, err := GetSELinux(test.mountPoint, filename, func() bool { return test.selinuxEnabled })
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Test %s failed with error: %s", test.name, err)
 		}