diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/aufs/aufs.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/aufs/aufs.go
index 248b8bf88d..ff112cb131 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/aufs/aufs.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/aufs/aufs.go
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ func Init(root string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mountpk.MakePrivate(root); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	// Populate the dir structure
 	for _, p := range paths {
 		if err := idtools.MkdirAllAndChown(path.Join(root, p), 0700, idtools.IDPair{UID: rootUID, GID: rootGID}); err != nil {
@@ -610,7 +606,7 @@ func (a *Driver) Cleanup() error {
 			logrus.Debugf("aufs error unmounting %s: %s", m, err)
 		}
 	}
-	return mountpk.Unmount(a.root)
+	return mountpk.RecursiveUnmount(a.root)
 }
 
 func (a *Driver) aufsMount(ro []string, rw, target, mountLabel string) (err error) {
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
index 57313c94c6..193cddc7ff 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/graphdriver"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/containerfs"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/idtools"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
@@ -77,10 +76,6 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mount.MakePrivate(home); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	opt, userDiskQuota, err := parseOptions(options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -167,7 +162,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Cleanup() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return mount.Unmount(d.home)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func free(p *C.char) {
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/driver.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/driver.go
index 707094af3a..24a36fb383 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/driver.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/driver.go
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mount.MakePrivate(home); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	d := &Driver{
 		DeviceSet: deviceSet,
 		home:      home,
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetMetadata(id string) (map[string]string, error) {
 func (d *Driver) Cleanup() error {
 	err := d.DeviceSet.Shutdown(d.home)
 
-	if err2 := mount.Unmount(d.home); err == nil {
+	if err2 := mount.RecursiveUnmount(d.home); err == nil {
 		err = err2
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
index bcb21d87e4..cc3b35bf32 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mount.MakePrivate(home); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	d := &Driver{
 		home:          home,
 		uidMaps:       uidMaps,
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetMetadata(id string) (map[string]string, error) {
 // is being shutdown. For now, we just have to unmount the bind mounted
 // we had created.
 func (d *Driver) Cleanup() error {
-	return mount.Unmount(d.home)
+	return mount.RecursiveUnmount(d.home)
 }
 
 // CreateReadWrite creates a layer that is writable for use as a container
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
index f1731ea935..7775dc2cc8 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/overlay2/overlay.go
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ func Init(home string, options []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (grap
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mount.MakePrivate(home); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	d := &Driver{
 		home:          home,
 		uidMaps:       uidMaps,
@@ -334,7 +330,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetMetadata(id string) (map[string]string, error) {
 // is being shutdown. For now, we just have to unmount the bind mounted
 // we had created.
 func (d *Driver) Cleanup() error {
-	return mount.Unmount(d.home)
+	return mount.RecursiveUnmount(d.home)
 }
 
 // CreateReadWrite creates a layer that is writable for use as a container
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
index 51d31bcfc5..b78104f0dd 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/graphdriver/zfs/zfs.go
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ func Init(base string, opt []string, uidMaps, gidMaps []idtools.IDMap) (graphdri
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create '%s': %v", base, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := mount.MakePrivate(base); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	d := &Driver{
 		dataset:          rootDataset,
 		options:          options,
@@ -181,7 +178,8 @@ func (d *Driver) String() string {
 	return "zfs"
 }
 
-// Cleanup is used to implement graphdriver.ProtoDriver. There is no cleanup required for this driver.
+// Cleanup is called on daemon shutdown, it is a no-op for ZFS.
+// TODO(@cpuguy83): Walk layer tree and check mounts?
 func (d *Driver) Cleanup() error {
 	return nil
 }