diff --git a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_plugin.go
index 69035dd3ba9..d7758756216 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_plugin.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/keymutex"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ const (
 
 type sioPlugin struct {
 	host      volume.VolumeHost
-	mounter   mount.Interface
 	volumeMtx keymutex.KeyMutex
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ var _ volume.VolumePlugin = &sioPlugin{}
 
 func (p *sioPlugin) Init(host volume.VolumeHost) error {
 	p.host = host
-	p.mounter = host.GetMounter(p.GetPluginName())
 	p.volumeMtx = keymutex.NewKeyMutex()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
index 654d8fd58a6..f72b5a1adbb 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ func (v *sioVolume) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	notDevMnt, err := v.plugin.mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(dir)
+	mounter := v.plugin.host.GetMounter(v.plugin.GetPluginName())
+	notDevMnt, err := mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(dir)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		glog.Error(log("IsLikelyNotMountPoint test failed for dir %v", dir))
 		return err
@@ -186,21 +187,22 @@ func (v *sioVolume) TearDownAt(dir string) error {
 	v.plugin.volumeMtx.LockKey(v.volSpecName)
 	defer v.plugin.volumeMtx.UnlockKey(v.volSpecName)
 
-	dev, _, err := mount.GetDeviceNameFromMount(v.plugin.mounter, dir)
+	mounter := v.plugin.host.GetMounter(v.plugin.GetPluginName())
+	dev, _, err := mount.GetDeviceNameFromMount(mounter, dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf(log("failed to get reference count for volume: %s", dir))
 		return err
 	}
 
 	glog.V(4).Info(log("attempting to unmount %s", dir))
-	if err := util.UnmountPath(dir, v.plugin.mounter); err != nil {
+	if err := util.UnmountPath(dir, mounter); err != nil {
 		glog.Error(log("teardown failed while unmounting dir %s: %v ", dir, err))
 		return err
 	}
 	glog.V(4).Info(log("dir %s unmounted successfully", dir))
 
 	// detach/unmap
-	deviceBusy, err := v.plugin.mounter.DeviceOpened(dev)
+	deviceBusy, err := mounter.DeviceOpened(dev)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Error(log("teardown unable to get status for device %s: %v", dev, err))
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume_test.go b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume_test.go
index 9d495d3e675..36e747c31fd 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	fakeclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	utiltesting "k8s.io/client-go/util/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumetest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/testing"
 )
@@ -138,8 +137,6 @@ func TestVolumeMounterUnmounter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Cannot assert plugin to be type sioPlugin")
 	}
 
-	sioPlug.mounter = &mount.FakeMounter{}
-
 	vol := &api.Volume{
 		Name: testSioVolName,
 		VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{