diff --git a/fs/fs.go b/fs/fs.go
index 58f2b1b8..cb45c33c 100644
--- a/fs/fs.go
+++ b/fs/fs.go
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ func (i *RealFsInfo) updateContainerImagesPath(label string, mounts []mount.Moun
 	for _, m := range mounts {
 		if _, ok := containerImagePaths[m.MountPoint]; ok {
 			if useMount == nil || (len(useMount.MountPoint) < len(m.MountPoint)) {
-				useMount = &m
+				useMount = new(mount.MountInfo)
+				*useMount = m
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/fs_test.go b/fs/fs_test.go
index 7de0c3c1..dae8e4d5 100644
--- a/fs/fs_test.go
+++ b/fs/fs_test.go
@@ -360,6 +360,22 @@ func TestAddDockerImagesLabel(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedDockerDevice           string
 		expectedPartition              *partition
 	}{
+		{
+			name: "single partition, no dedicated image fs",
+			mounts: []mount.MountInfo{
+				{
+					Source:     "/dev/root",
+					MountPoint: "/",
+					FsType:     "ext4",
+				},
+				{
+					Source:     "/sys/fs/cgroup",
+					MountPoint: "/sys/fs/cgroup",
+					FsType:     "tmpfs",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedDockerDevice: "/dev/root",
+		},
 		{
 			name:         "devicemapper, not loopback",
 			driver:       "devicemapper",