diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
index 9c8ad054f8a..682cb0f0114 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	if stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
 		return false, err
 	}
+	// go1.23 behavior change: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63703#issuecomment-2535941458
+	if stat.Mode()&os.ModeIrregular != 0 {
+		return false, err
+	}
 	return true, nil
 }
 
@@ -329,30 +333,3 @@ func ListVolumesOnDisk(diskID string) (volumeIDs []string, err error) {
 	volumeIds := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\r\n")
 	return volumeIds, nil
 }
-
-// getAllParentLinks walks all symbolic links and return all the parent targets recursively
-func getAllParentLinks(path string) ([]string, error) {
-	const maxIter = 255
-	links := []string{}
-	for {
-		links = append(links, path)
-		if len(links) > maxIter {
-			return links, fmt.Errorf("unexpected length of parent links: %v", links)
-		}
-
-		fi, err := os.Lstat(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return links, fmt.Errorf("Lstat: %v", err)
-		}
-		if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-
-		path, err = os.Readlink(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return links, fmt.Errorf("Readlink error: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return links, nil
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
index 83c91b2851f..ddb44409e82 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"k8s.io/utils/exec/testing"
+	testingexec "k8s.io/utils/exec/testing"
 )
 
 func makeLink(link, target string) error {
@@ -193,7 +193,26 @@ func TestIsLikelyNotMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				return removeLink(targeLinkPath)
 			},
-			true,
+			false,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"junction",
+			"targetDir",
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				target := filepath.Join(base, targetLinkName)
+				if err := os.Mkdir(target, 0o750); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				// create a Junction file type on Windows
+				junction := filepath.Join(base, fileName)
+				if output, err := exec.Command("cmd", "/c", "mklink", "/J", junction, target).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("mklink failed: %v, link(%q) target(%q) output: %q", err, junction, target, string(output))
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+			false,
 			false,
 		},
 	}
@@ -207,7 +226,7 @@ func TestIsLikelyNotMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
 
 		filePath := filepath.Join(base, test.fileName)
 		result, err := mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(filePath)
-		assert.Equal(t, result, test.expectedResult, "Expect result not equal with IsLikelyNotMountPoint(%s) return: %q, expected: %q",
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expectedResult, result, "Expect result not equal with IsLikelyNotMountPoint(%s) return: %q, expected: %q",
 			filePath, result, test.expectedResult)
 
 		if test.expectError {