diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/unmount_linux.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/unmount_linux.go
index dc16209afbb..7cab7a64311 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/unmount_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/reset/unmount_linux.go
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ func unmountKubeletDirectory(kubeletRunDirectory string, flags []string) error {
 		}
 		klog.V(5).Infof("[reset] Unmounting %q", m[1])
 		if err := syscall.Unmount(m[1], flagsInt); err != nil {
+			// EINVAL is expected here if a duplicate mount entry
+			// was already unmounted via its shared peer.
+			if err == syscall.EINVAL {
+				klog.Warningf("[reset] Ignoring EINVAL error while unmounting %q", m[1])
+				continue
+			}
 			errList = append(errList, errors.WithMessagef(err, "failed to unmount %q", m[1]))
 		}
 	}