diff --git a/drivers/overlay/overlay.go b/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
index d2f7c373ae..c59544aab1 100644
--- a/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -706,8 +706,11 @@ func (d *Driver) Get(id, mountLabel string) (_ string, retErr error) {
 
 	workDir := path.Join(dir, "work")
 	opts := fmt.Sprintf("lowerdir=%s,upperdir=%s,workdir=%s", strings.Join(absLowers, ":"), diffDir, workDir)
+	if d.options.mountOptions != "" {
+		opts = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", d.options.mountOptions, opts)
+	}
 	mountData := label.FormatMountLabel(opts, mountLabel)
-	mount := unix.Mount
+	mountFunc := unix.Mount
 	mountTarget := mergedDir
 
 	pageSize := unix.Getpagesize()
@@ -719,28 +722,26 @@ func (d *Driver) Get(id, mountLabel string) (_ string, retErr error) {
 	if len(mountData) > pageSize || d.options.mountProgram != "" {
 		//FIXME: We need to figure out to get this to work with additional stores
 		opts = fmt.Sprintf("lowerdir=%s,upperdir=%s,workdir=%s", strings.Join(relLowers, ":"), path.Join(id, "diff"), path.Join(id, "work"))
-		if d.options.mountOptions != "" {
-			opts = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", d.options.mountOptions, opts)
-		}
 		mountData = label.FormatMountLabel(opts, mountLabel)
 		if len(mountData) > pageSize {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot mount layer, mount label too large %d", len(mountData))
 		}
 
 		if d.options.mountProgram != "" {
-			mount = func(source string, target string, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
+			mountFunc = func(source string, target string, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
 				mountProgram := exec.Command(d.options.mountProgram, "-o", label, target)
 				mountProgram.Dir = d.home
 				return mountProgram.Run()
 			}
 		} else {
-			mount = func(source string, target string, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
+			mountFunc = func(source string, target string, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
 				return mountFrom(d.home, source, target, mType, flags, label)
 			}
 		}
 		mountTarget = path.Join(id, "merged")
 	}
-	if err := mount("overlay", mountTarget, "overlay", 0, mountData); err != nil {
+	flags, data := mount.ParseOptions(mountData)
+	if err := mountFunc("overlay", mountTarget, "overlay", uintptr(flags), data); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("error creating overlay mount to %s: %v", mountTarget, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/mount/flags.go b/pkg/mount/flags.go
index 607dbed43a..07a0f4847c 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/flags.go
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ func MergeTmpfsOptions(options []string) ([]string, error) {
 	return newOptions, nil
 }
 
-// Parse fstab type mount options into mount() flags
+// ParseOptions parses fstab type mount options into mount() flags
 // and device specific data
-func parseOptions(options string) (int, string) {
+func ParseOptions(options string) (int, string) {
 	var (
 		flag int
 		data []string
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func parseOptions(options string) (int, string) {
 
 // ParseTmpfsOptions parse fstab type mount options into flags and data
 func ParseTmpfsOptions(options string) (int, string, error) {
-	flags, data := parseOptions(options)
+	flags, data := ParseOptions(options)
 	for _, o := range strings.Split(data, ",") {
 		opt := strings.SplitN(o, "=", 2)
 		if !validFlags[opt[0]] {
diff --git a/pkg/mount/mount.go b/pkg/mount/mount.go
index d3caa16bda..7197448da0 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/mount.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func Mounted(mountpoint string) (bool, error) {
 // specified like the mount or fstab unix commands: "opt1=val1,opt2=val2". See
 // flags.go for supported option flags.
 func Mount(device, target, mType, options string) error {
-	flag, _ := parseOptions(options)
+	flag, _ := ParseOptions(options)
 	if flag&REMOUNT != REMOUNT {
 		if mounted, err := Mounted(target); err != nil || mounted {
 			return err
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func Mount(device, target, mType, options string) error {
 // specified like the mount or fstab unix commands: "opt1=val1,opt2=val2". See
 // flags.go for supported option flags.
 func ForceMount(device, target, mType, options string) error {
-	flag, data := parseOptions(options)
+	flag, data := ParseOptions(options)
 	return mount(device, target, mType, uintptr(flag), data)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/mount/mount_unix_test.go b/pkg/mount/mount_unix_test.go
index 253aff3b8e..b66f4fb52d 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/mount_unix_test.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/mount_unix_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 func TestMountOptionsParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	options := "noatime,ro,size=10k"
 
-	flag, data := parseOptions(options)
+	flag, data := ParseOptions(options)
 
 	if data != "size=10k" {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected size=10 got %s", data)