diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
index 5a570159883..084428445ce 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/fake_mounter.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (f *FakeMounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (f *FakeMounter) canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
+func (f *FakeMounter) CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
 	return f.skipMountPointCheck
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount.go
index 57abb69196e..d7845ac495c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount.go
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ type Interface interface {
 	// care about such situations, this is a faster alternative to calling List()
 	// and scanning that output.
 	IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error)
-	// canSafelySkipMountPointCheck indicates whether this mounter returns errors on
+	// CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck indicates whether this mounter returns errors on
 	// operations for targets that are not mount points. If this returns true, no such
 	// errors will be returned.
-	canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool
+	CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool
 	// IsMountPoint determines if a directory is a mountpoint.
 	// It should return ErrNotExist when the directory does not exist.
 	// IsMountPoint is more expensive than IsLikelyNotMountPoint.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_common.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_common.go
index dc4131d78e3..440cf64dd07 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_common.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_helper_common.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func CleanupMountWithForce(mountPath string, mounter MounterForceUnmounter, exte
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error checking path: %v", pathErr)
 	}
 
-	if corruptedMnt || mounter.canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() {
+	if corruptedMnt || mounter.CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() {
 		klog.V(4).Infof("unmounting %q (corruptedMount: %t, mounterCanSkipMountPointChecks: %t)",
-			mountPath, corruptedMnt, mounter.canSafelySkipMountPointCheck())
+			mountPath, corruptedMnt, mounter.CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck())
 		if err := mounter.UnmountWithForce(mountPath, umountTimeout); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ func CleanupMountWithForce(mountPath string, mounter MounterForceUnmounter, exte
 // if corruptedMnt is true, it means that the mountPath is a corrupted mountpoint, and the mount point check
 // will be skipped. The mount point check will also be skipped if the mounter supports it.
 func doCleanupMountPoint(mountPath string, mounter Interface, extensiveMountPointCheck bool, corruptedMnt bool) error {
-	if corruptedMnt || mounter.canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() {
+	if corruptedMnt || mounter.CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() {
 		klog.V(4).Infof("unmounting %q (corruptedMount: %t, mounterCanSkipMountPointChecks: %t)",
-			mountPath, corruptedMnt, mounter.canSafelySkipMountPointCheck())
+			mountPath, corruptedMnt, mounter.CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck())
 		if err := mounter.Unmount(mountPath); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
index 1752d11f640..9e7faad232b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo"
 	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo"
+
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 	utilio "k8s.io/utils/io"
@@ -422,8 +423,8 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// canSafelySkipMountPointCheck relies on the detected behavior of umount when given a target that is not a mount point.
-func (mounter *Mounter) canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
+// CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck relies on the detected behavior of umount when given a target that is not a mount point.
+func (mounter *Mounter) CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
 	return mounter.withSafeNotMountedBehavior
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_unsupported.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_unsupported.go
index 8e03d643b70..0345904a010 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_unsupported.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_unsupported.go
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, errUnsupported
 }
 
-// canSafelySkipMountPointCheck always returns false on unsupported platforms
-func (mounter *Mounter) canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
+// CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck always returns false on unsupported platforms
+func (mounter *Mounter) CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
index 7c7b396e5fa..7b2a2d1a15e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// canSafelySkipMountPointCheck always returns false on Windows
-func (mounter *Mounter) canSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
+// CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck always returns false on Windows
+func (mounter *Mounter) CanSafelySkipMountPointCheck() bool {
 	return false
 }