diff --git a/fs/fs.go b/fs/fs.go
index d8a274a1..4bc39e52 100644
--- a/fs/fs.go
+++ b/fs/fs.go
@@ -99,34 +99,15 @@ func NewFsInfo(context Context) (FsInfo, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// Avoid devicemapper container mounts - these are tracked by the ThinPoolWatcher
+	excluded := []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/devicemapper/mnt", context.Docker.Root)}
 	fsInfo := &RealFsInfo{
-		partitions: make(map[string]partition, 0),
+		partitions: processMounts(mounts, excluded),
 		labels:     make(map[string]string, 0),
 		dmsetup:    devicemapper.NewDmsetupClient(),
 	}
 
-	supportedFsType := map[string]bool{
-		// all ext systems are checked through prefix.
-		"btrfs": true,
-		"xfs":   true,
-		"zfs":   true,
-	}
-	for _, mount := range mounts {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Fstype, "ext") && !supportedFsType[mount.Fstype] {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Avoid bind mounts.
-		if _, ok := fsInfo.partitions[mount.Source]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		fsInfo.partitions[mount.Source] = partition{
-			fsType:     mount.Fstype,
-			mountpoint: mount.Mountpoint,
-			major:      uint(mount.Major),
-			minor:      uint(mount.Minor),
-		}
-	}
-
 	fsInfo.addRktImagesLabel(context, mounts)
 	// need to call this before the log line below printing out the partitions, as this function may
 	// add a "partition" for devicemapper to fsInfo.partitions
@@ -137,6 +118,47 @@ func NewFsInfo(context Context) (FsInfo, error) {
 	return fsInfo, nil
 }
 
+func processMounts(mounts []*mount.Info, excludedMountpointPrefixes []string) map[string]partition {
+	partitions := make(map[string]partition, 0)
+
+	supportedFsType := map[string]bool{
+		// all ext systems are checked through prefix.
+		"btrfs": true,
+		"xfs":   true,
+		"zfs":   true,
+	}
+
+	for _, mount := range mounts {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Fstype, "ext") && !supportedFsType[mount.Fstype] {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Avoid bind mounts.
+		if _, ok := partitions[mount.Source]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		hasPrefix := false
+		for _, prefix := range excludedMountpointPrefixes {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(mount.Mountpoint, prefix) {
+				hasPrefix = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if hasPrefix {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		partitions[mount.Source] = partition{
+			fsType:     mount.Fstype,
+			mountpoint: mount.Mountpoint,
+			major:      uint(mount.Major),
+			minor:      uint(mount.Minor),
+		}
+	}
+
+	return partitions
+}
+
 // getDockerDeviceMapperInfo returns information about the devicemapper device and "partition" if
 // docker is using devicemapper for its storage driver. If a loopback device is being used, don't
 // return any information or error, as we want to report based on the actual partition where the
diff --git a/fs/fs_test.go b/fs/fs_test.go
index 75204e1b..ca9a0777 100644
--- a/fs/fs_test.go
+++ b/fs/fs_test.go
@@ -432,3 +432,67 @@ func TestAddDockerImagesLabel(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestProcessMounts(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		mounts           []*mount.Info
+		excludedPrefixes []string
+		expected         map[string]partition
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "unsupported fs types",
+			mounts: []*mount.Info{
+				{Fstype: "overlay"},
+				{Fstype: "somethingelse"},
+			},
+			expected: map[string]partition{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "avoid bind mounts",
+			mounts: []*mount.Info{
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/", Source: "/dev/sda1", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 0},
+				{Root: "/foo", Mountpoint: "/bar", Source: "/dev/sda1", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 0},
+			},
+			expected: map[string]partition{
+				"/dev/sda1": {fsType: "xfs", mountpoint: "/", major: 253, minor: 0},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "exclude prefixes",
+			mounts: []*mount.Info{
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/someother", Source: "/dev/sda1", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 2},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/", Source: "/dev/sda2", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 0},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/excludeme", Source: "/dev/sda3", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 1},
+			},
+			excludedPrefixes: []string{"/exclude", "/some"},
+			expected: map[string]partition{
+				"/dev/sda2": {fsType: "xfs", mountpoint: "/", major: 253, minor: 0},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "supported fs types",
+			mounts: []*mount.Info{
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/a", Source: "/dev/sda", Fstype: "ext3", Major: 253, Minor: 0},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/b", Source: "/dev/sdb", Fstype: "ext4", Major: 253, Minor: 1},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/c", Source: "/dev/sdc", Fstype: "btrfs", Major: 253, Minor: 2},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/d", Source: "/dev/sdd", Fstype: "xfs", Major: 253, Minor: 3},
+				{Root: "/", Mountpoint: "/e", Source: "/dev/sde", Fstype: "zfs", Major: 253, Minor: 4},
+			},
+			expected: map[string]partition{
+				"/dev/sda": {fsType: "ext3", mountpoint: "/a", major: 253, minor: 0},
+				"/dev/sdb": {fsType: "ext4", mountpoint: "/b", major: 253, minor: 1},
+				"/dev/sdc": {fsType: "btrfs", mountpoint: "/c", major: 253, minor: 2},
+				"/dev/sdd": {fsType: "xfs", mountpoint: "/d", major: 253, minor: 3},
+				"/dev/sde": {fsType: "zfs", mountpoint: "/e", major: 253, minor: 4},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		actual := processMounts(test.mounts, test.excludedPrefixes)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, actual) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected %#v, got %#v", test.name, test.expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}