diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
index 3b8f619e6b2..2b014d87027 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
@@ -252,18 +252,11 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) getPodVolumeNameListFromDisk(podUID types.UID) ([]string, err
 	for _, volumePluginDir := range volumePluginDirs {
 		volumePluginName := volumePluginDir.Name()
 		volumePluginPath := path.Join(podVolDir, volumePluginName)
-		volumeDirs, volumeDirsStatErrs, err := util.ReadDirNoExit(volumePluginPath)
+		volumeDirs, err := util.ReadDirNoStat(volumePluginPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return volumes, fmt.Errorf("Could not read directory %s: %v", volumePluginPath, err)
-		}
-		for i, volumeDir := range volumeDirs {
-			if volumeDir != nil {
-				volumes = append(volumes, volumeDir.Name())
-				continue
-			}
-			glog.Errorf("Could not read directory %s: %v", podVolDir, volumeDirsStatErrs[i])
-
+			return volumes, err
 		}
+		volumes = append(volumes, volumeDirs...)
 	}
 	return volumes, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
index 56aa2e19a5e..9deebb3f402 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/goroutinemap/exponentialbackoff"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
@@ -531,24 +532,21 @@ func getVolumesFromPodDir(podDir string) ([]podVolume, error) {
 			pluginName := volumeDir.Name()
 			volumePluginPath := path.Join(volumesDir, pluginName)
 
-			volumePluginDirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(volumePluginPath)
+			volumePluginDirs, err := util.ReadDirNoStat(volumePluginPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Could not read volume plugin directory %q: %v", volumePluginPath, err)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			unescapePluginName := strings.UnescapeQualifiedNameForDisk(pluginName)
-			for _, volumeNameDir := range volumePluginDirs {
-				if volumeNameDir != nil {
-					volumeName := volumeNameDir.Name()
-					mountPath := path.Join(volumePluginPath, volumeName)
-					volumes = append(volumes, podVolume{
-						podName:        volumetypes.UniquePodName(podName),
-						volumeSpecName: volumeName,
-						mountPath:      mountPath,
-						pluginName:     unescapePluginName,
-					})
-				}
+			for _, volumeName := range volumePluginDirs {
+				mountPath := path.Join(volumePluginPath, volumeName)
+				volumes = append(volumes, podVolume{
+					podName:        volumetypes.UniquePodName(podName),
+					volumeSpecName: volumeName,
+					mountPath:      mountPath,
+					pluginName:     unescapePluginName,
+				})
 			}
 
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 7a941495784..356b295a3e1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -84,36 +84,20 @@ func FileExists(filename string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// borrowed from ioutil.ReadDir
-// ReadDir reads the directory named by dirname and returns
-// a list of directory entries, minus those with lstat errors
-func ReadDirNoExit(dirname string) ([]os.FileInfo, []error, error) {
+// ReadDirNoStat returns a string of files/directories contained
+// in dirname without calling lstat on them.
+func ReadDirNoStat(dirname string) ([]string, error) {
 	if dirname == "" {
 		dirname = "."
 	}
 
 	f, err := os.Open(dirname)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	names, err := f.Readdirnames(-1)
-	list := make([]os.FileInfo, 0, len(names))
-	errs := make([]error, 0, len(names))
-	for _, filename := range names {
-		fip, lerr := os.Lstat(dirname + "/" + filename)
-		if os.IsNotExist(lerr) {
-			// File disappeared between readdir + stat.
-			// Just treat it as if it didn't exist.
-			continue
-		}
-
-		list = append(list, fip)
-		errs = append(errs, lerr)
-	}
-
-	return list, errs, nil
+	return f.Readdirnames(-1)
 }
 
 // IntPtr returns a pointer to an int