diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index ca0e082ff0..e22f3fcfa7 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ func (c *Container) mountNamedVolume(v *ContainerNamedVolume, mountpoint string)
 			getOptions := copier.GetOptions{
 				KeepDirectoryNames: false,
 			}
-			errChan <- copier.Get(mountpoint, "", getOptions, []string{v.Dest + "/."}, writer)
+			errChan <- copier.Get(srcDir, "", getOptions, []string{"/."}, writer)
 		}()
 
 		// Copy, volume side: stream what we've written to the pipe, into
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go b/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
index 91d8f15f4b..d81fb769db 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
@@ -334,6 +334,18 @@ RUN sh -c "cd /etc/apk && ln -s ../../testfile"`
 		Expect(outputSession.OutputToString()).To(Equal(baselineOutput))
 	})
 
+	It("podman named volume copyup of /var", func() {
+		baselineSession := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--rm", "-t", "-i", fedoraMinimal, "ls", "/var"})
+		baselineSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(baselineSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+		baselineOutput := baselineSession.OutputToString()
+
+		outputSession := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-t", "-i", "-v", "/var", fedoraMinimal, "ls", "/var"})
+		outputSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(outputSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+		Expect(outputSession.OutputToString()).To(Equal(baselineOutput))
+	})
+
 	It("podman read-only tmpfs conflict with volume", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--rm", "-t", "-i", "--read-only", "-v", "tmp_volume:" + dest, ALPINE, "touch", dest + "/a"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()