diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
index d30e512158..e24c2a5055 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func GetQemuProvider() machine.Provider {
 	return qemuProvider
 }
 
+func getCoreOSTargetMountPath(targetMountPath string) string {
+	return "/mnt" + targetMountPath
+}
+
 const (
 	VolumeTypeVirtfs     = "virtfs"
 	MountType9p          = "9p"
@@ -246,7 +250,7 @@ func (v *MachineVM) Init(opts machine.InitOptions) (bool, error) {
 				virtfsOptions += ",readonly"
 			}
 			v.CmdLine = append(v.CmdLine, []string{"-virtfs", virtfsOptions}...)
-			mounts = append(mounts, Mount{Type: MountType9p, Tag: tag, Source: source, Target: target, ReadOnly: readonly})
+			mounts = append(mounts, Mount{Type: MountType9p, Tag: tag, Source: source, Target: getCoreOSTargetMountPath(target), ReadOnly: readonly})
 		}
 	}
 	v.Mounts = mounts
@@ -479,17 +483,7 @@ func (v *MachineVM) Start(name string, _ machine.StartOptions) error {
 	for _, mount := range v.Mounts {
 		fmt.Printf("Mounting volume... %s:%s\n", mount.Source, mount.Target)
 		// create mountpoint directory if it doesn't exist
-		// because / is immutable, we have to monkey around with permissions
-		// if we dont mount in /home or /mnt
-		args := []string{"-q", "--"}
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Target, "/home") || !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Target, "/mnt") {
-			args = append(args, "sudo", "chattr", "-i", "/", ";")
-		}
-		args = append(args, "sudo", "mkdir", "-p", mount.Target)
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Target, "/home") || !strings.HasPrefix(mount.Target, "/mnt") {
-			args = append(args, ";", "sudo", "chattr", "+i", "/", ";")
-		}
-		err = v.SSH(name, machine.SSHOptions{Args: args})
+		err = v.SSH(name, machine.SSHOptions{Args: []string{"-q", "--", "sudo", "mkdir", "-p", mount.Target}})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
index 2bd79b186a..da97e3e39f 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func parseVolumes(volumeFlag, mountFlag, tmpfsFlag []string, addReadOnlyTmpfs bo
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting absolute path of %s", mount.Source)
 			}
-			mount.Source = absSrc
+			mount.Source = util.GetSrcMountPath(absSrc)
 		}
 		finalMounts = append(finalMounts, mount)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_darwin.go b/pkg/util/utils_darwin.go
index 66ae85e9cc..e0089f6635 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_darwin.go
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ import (
 func GetContainerPidInformationDescriptors() ([]string, error) {
 	return []string{}, errors.New("this function is not supported on darwin")
 }
+
+func GetSrcMountPath(absolutePath string) string {
+	return "/mnt" + absolutePath
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_linux.go b/pkg/util/utils_linux.go
index 1cffab19d5..bcb1513a22 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_linux.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ func GetContainerPidInformationDescriptors() ([]string, error) {
 	return psgo.ListDescriptors(), nil
 }
 
+func GetSrcMountPath(absolutePath string) string {
+	return absolutePath
+}
+
 // FindDeviceNodes parses /dev/ into a set of major:minor -> path, where
 // [major:minor] is the device's major and minor numbers formatted as, for
 // example, 2:0 and path is the path to the device node.
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_windows.go b/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
index 2732124f21..256be42857 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_windows.go
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ func GetRuntimeDir() (string, error) {
 func GetRootlessConfigHomeDir() (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.New("this function is not implemented for windows")
 }
+
+func GetSrcMountPath(absolutePath string) string {
+	return "/mnt" + absolutePath
+}