diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/mounter/mounter.go b/cluster/gce/gci/mounter/mounter.go
index 4224efab03b..8f674ecdc8f 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/mounter/mounter.go
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/mounter/mounter.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func mountInChroot(rootfsPath string, args []string) error {
 	args = append([]string{rootfsPath, mountCmd}, args...)
 	output, err := exec.Command(chrootCmd, args...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err == nil {
-		return err
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	if !strings.EqualFold(string(output), nfsRPCBindErrMsg) {