diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
index 5f0fe1867f4..fe39605c9c9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount.go
@@ -302,23 +302,6 @@ func checkForNetDev(options []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// HasMountRefs checks if the given mountPath has mountRefs.
-// TODO: this is a workaround for the unmount device issue caused by gci mounter.
-// In GCI cluster, if gci mounter is used for mounting, the container started by mounter
-// script will cause additional mounts created in the container. Since these mounts are
-// irrelevant to the original mounts, they should be not considered when checking the
-// mount references. Current solution is to filter out those mount paths that contain
-// the string of original mount path.
-// Plan to work on better approach to solve this issue.
-func HasMountRefs(mountPath string, mountRefs []string) bool {
-	for _, ref := range mountRefs {
-		if !strings.Contains(ref, mountPath) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // PathWithinBase checks if give path is within given base directory.
 func PathWithinBase(fullPath, basePath string) bool {
 	rel, err := filepath.Rel(basePath, fullPath)
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
index 79245d18afc..e49488e0bfa 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ func (og *operationGenerator) GenerateUnmountDeviceFunc(
 		}
 		refs, err := deviceMountableVolumePlugin.GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 
-		if err != nil || mount.HasMountRefs(deviceMountPath, refs) {
+		if err != nil || util.HasMountRefs(deviceMountPath, refs) {
 			if err == nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("The device mount path %q is still mounted by other references %v", deviceMountPath, refs)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/util.go b/pkg/volume/util/util.go
index 89dfb21f045..ee5b8aa47c2 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/util.go
@@ -576,3 +576,20 @@ func addContainerVolumes(containers []v1.Container, mounts, devices sets.String)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// HasMountRefs checks if the given mountPath has mountRefs.
+// TODO: this is a workaround for the unmount device issue caused by gci mounter.
+// In GCI cluster, if gci mounter is used for mounting, the container started by mounter
+// script will cause additional mounts created in the container. Since these mounts are
+// irrelevant to the original mounts, they should be not considered when checking the
+// mount references. Current solution is to filter out those mount paths that contain
+// the string of original mount path.
+// Plan to work on better approach to solve this issue.
+func HasMountRefs(mountPath string, mountRefs []string) bool {
+	for _, ref := range mountRefs {
+		if !strings.Contains(ref, mountPath) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}