diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/windows/README.md b/examples/kubernetes/windows/README.md
index 1144eca2e6..19a466fd75 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/windows/README.md
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/windows/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This example shows how to create a EBS volume and consume it from a Windows cont
 
 1. A 1.18+ Windows node. Windows support has only been tested on 1.18 EKS Windows nodes. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/windows-support.html
 2. [csi-proxy](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy) v1.0.0+ installed on the Windows node.
-3. Driver v1.3.0 from GCR k8s.gcr.io/provider-aws/aws-ebs-csi-driver:v1.3.0. It can be built and pushed to another image registry with the command `TAG=$MY_TAG REGISTRY=$MY_REGISTRY make all-push` where `MY_TAG` refers to the image tag to push and `MY_REGISTRY` to the destination image registry like "XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com"
+3. Driver v1.3.2 from GCR k8s.gcr.io/provider-aws/aws-ebs-csi-driver:v1.3.2. It can be built and pushed to another image registry with the command `TAG=$MY_TAG REGISTRY=$MY_REGISTRY make all-push` where `MY_TAG` refers to the image tag to push and `MY_REGISTRY` to the destination image registry like "XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com"
 4. The driver installed with the Node plugin on the Windows node and the Controller plugin on a Linux node: `helm upgrade --install aws-ebs-csi-driver --namespace kube-system ./charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver --set node.enableWindows=true --set image.repository=$MY_REGISTRY/aws-ebs-csi-driver --set image.tag=$MY_TAG`
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/pkg/driver/node.go b/pkg/driver/node.go
index 95ad9ddc8e..d6236c30fd 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/node.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/node.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func (d *nodeService) nodePublishVolumeForBlock(req *csi.NodePublishVolumeReques
 	//Checking if the target file is already mounted with a device.
 	mounted, err := d.isMounted(source, target)
 	if err != nil {
-		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Could not mount %q at %q: %v", source, target, err)
+		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Could not check if %q is mounted: %v", target, err)
 	}
 
 	if !mounted {
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ func (d *nodeService) isMounted(source string, target string) (bool, error) {
 			//After successful unmount, the device is ready to be mounted.
 			return !notMnt, nil
 		}
-		return !notMnt, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Could not mount %q at %q: %v", source, target, err)
+		return !notMnt, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Could not check if %q is a mount point: %v, %v", target, err, pathErr)
 	}
 
 	if !notMnt {
@@ -634,7 +634,12 @@ func (d *nodeService) isMounted(source string, target string) (bool, error) {
 		return !notMnt, nil
 	}
 
-	return !notMnt, err
+	// Do not return os.IsNotExist error. Other errors were handled above. It is
+	// the responsibility of the caller to check whether the given target path
+	// exists (in Linux, the target mount directory must exist before mount is
+	// called on it) or not (in Windows, the target must NOT exist before a
+	// symlink is created at it)
+	return !notMnt, nil
 }
 
 func (d *nodeService) nodePublishVolumeForFileSystem(req *csi.NodePublishVolumeRequest, mountOptions []string, mode *csi.VolumeCapability_Mount) error {
@@ -665,7 +670,7 @@ func (d *nodeService) nodePublishVolumeForFileSystem(req *csi.NodePublishVolumeR
 	mounted, err := d.isMounted(source, target)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Could not mount %q at %q: %v", source, target, err)
+		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Error checking if %q is mounted: %v", target, err)
 	}
 
 	if !mounted {