diff --git a/cmd/control/docker_init.go b/cmd/control/docker_init.go
index 8c4fac86..502409f7 100644
--- a/cmd/control/docker_init.go
+++ b/cmd/control/docker_init.go
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ func dockerInitAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	err = checkZfsBackingFS(cfg.Rancher.Docker.StorageDriver, cfg.Rancher.Docker.Graph)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	args := []string{
 		"bash",
 		"-c",
diff --git a/cmd/control/util.go b/cmd/control/util.go
index 0df289a7..4f7730c9 100644
--- a/cmd/control/util.go
+++ b/cmd/control/util.go
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ package control
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rancher/os/config"
 	"github.com/rancher/os/pkg/log"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 func yes(question string) bool {
@@ -56,6 +60,25 @@ func symLinkEngineBinary(version string) []symlink {
 	return baseSymlink
 }
 
+func checkZfsBackingFS(driver, dir string) error {
+	if driver != "zfs" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		mountInfo, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/self/mountinfo")
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, mount := range strings.Split(string(mountInfo), "\n") {
+			if strings.Contains(mount, dir) && strings.Contains(mount, driver) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
+	return errors.Errorf("BackingFS: %s not match storage-driver: %s", dir, driver)
+}
+
 func checkGlobalCfg() bool {
 	_, err := os.Stat("/proc/1/root/boot/global.cfg")
 	if err == nil || os.IsExist(err) {