diff --git a/internal/cephfs/fuserecovery.go b/internal/cephfs/fuserecovery.go
index 41f60aa2a31..398a97cefa6 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/fuserecovery.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/fuserecovery.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (ms mountState) String() string {
 }
 
 func (ns *NodeServer) getMountState(path string) (mountState, error) {
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, path)
+	isMnt, err := ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		if util.IsCorruptedMountError(err) {
 			return msCorrupted, nil
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go b/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
index ea26af1aa36..28bfa4b8b34 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/nodeserver.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeStageVolume(
 		}
 	}
 
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, stagingTargetPath)
+	isMnt, err := ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(stagingTargetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "stat failed: %v", err)
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodePublishVolume(
 
 	// Ensure staging target path is a mountpoint.
 
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, stagingTargetPath)
+	isMnt, err := ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(stagingTargetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "stat failed: %v", err)
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodePublishVolume(
 
 	// Check if the volume is already mounted
 
-	isMnt, err = util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, targetPath)
+	isMnt, err = ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(targetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "stat failed: %v", err)
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeUnpublishVolume(
 	// stop the health-checker that may have been started in NodeGetVolumeStats()
 	ns.healthChecker.StopChecker(volID, targetPath)
 
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, targetPath)
+	isMnt, err := ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(targetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "stat failed: %v", err)
 
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeUnstageVolume(
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(ns.Mounter, stagingTargetPath)
+	isMnt, err := ns.Mounter.IsMountPoint(stagingTargetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "stat failed: %v", err)
 
diff --git a/internal/csi-common/utils.go b/internal/csi-common/utils.go
index b541e68f6f4..e9ac2ce6963 100644
--- a/internal/csi-common/utils.go
+++ b/internal/csi-common/utils.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util/log"
 
 	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ func FilesystemNodeGetVolumeStats(
 	targetPath string,
 	includeInodes bool,
 ) (*csi.NodeGetVolumeStatsResponse, error) {
-	isMnt, err := util.IsMountPoint(mounter, targetPath)
+	isMnt, err := mounter.IsMountPoint(targetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "targetpath %s does not exist", targetPath)
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 1d62c650223..682e430c4fc 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -327,16 +327,6 @@ func checkDirExists(p string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// IsMountPoint checks if the given path is mountpoint or not.
-func IsMountPoint(mounter mount.Interface, p string) (bool, error) {
-	notMnt, err := mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	return !notMnt, nil
-}
-
 // IsCorruptedMountError checks if the given error is a result of a corrupted
 // mountpoint.
 func IsCorruptedMountError(err error) bool {