diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a515ab4..1acb589 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
@@ -21,16 +20,12 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU5NdKM8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.19.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.23.0/go.mod h1:pnu6ufv6vQkll6szChhK3C3L/ruaIv5eBeztNG8wtsI=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/mount_linux.go b/mount_linux.go
index abc7715..439d505 100644
--- a/mount_linux.go
+++ b/mount_linux.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func (*Mounter) List() ([]MountPoint, error) {
 
 func statx(file string) (unix.Statx_t, error) {
 	var stat unix.Statx_t
-	if err := unix.Statx(0, file, unix.AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC, 0, &stat); err != nil {
+	if err := unix.Statx(unix.AT_FDCWD, file, unix.AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC, 0, &stat); err != nil {
 		if err == unix.ENOSYS {
 			return stat, errStatxNotSupport
 		}
diff --git a/mount_linux_test.go b/mount_linux_test.go
index 3c0842b..b77d072 100644
--- a/mount_linux_test.go
+++ b/mount_linux_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 	testexec "k8s.io/utils/exec/testing"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestReadProcMountsFrom(t *testing.T) {
@@ -874,3 +876,116 @@ func makeFakeCommandAction(stdout string, err error, cmdFn func()) testexec.Fake
 		return testexec.InitFakeCmd(&c, cmd, args...)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsLikelyNotMountPoint(t *testing.T) {
+	mounter := Mounter{"fake/path", ptr.To(true), true, true}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		fileName       string
+		targetLinkName string
+		setUp          func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error
+		cleanUp        func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error
+		expectedResult bool
+		expectError    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"Dir",
+			"",
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				return os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(base, fileName), 0o750)
+			},
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				return os.Remove(filepath.Join(base, fileName))
+			},
+			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"InvalidDir",
+			"",
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				return nil
+			},
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				return nil
+			},
+			true,
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"ValidSymLink",
+			"targetSymLink",
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				targeLinkPath := filepath.Join(base, targetLinkName)
+				if err := os.Mkdir(targeLinkPath, 0o750); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				filePath := filepath.Join(base, fileName)
+				if err := os.Symlink(targeLinkPath, filePath); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				if err := os.Remove(filepath.Join(base, fileName)); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return os.Remove(filepath.Join(base, targetLinkName))
+			},
+			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"InvalidSymLink",
+			"targetSymLink2",
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				targeLinkPath := filepath.Join(base, targetLinkName)
+				if err := os.Mkdir(targeLinkPath, 0o750); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				filePath := filepath.Join(base, fileName)
+				if err := os.Symlink(targeLinkPath, filePath); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return os.Remove(targeLinkPath)
+			},
+			func(base, fileName, targetLinkName string) error {
+				return os.Remove(filepath.Join(base, fileName))
+			},
+			true,
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		// test with absolute and relative path
+		baseList := []string{t.TempDir(), "./"}
+		for _, base := range baseList {
+			if err := test.setUp(base, test.fileName, test.targetLinkName); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error in setUp(%s, %s): %v", test.fileName, test.targetLinkName, err)
+			}
+
+			filePath := filepath.Join(base, test.fileName)
+			result, err := mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(filePath)
+			if result != test.expectedResult {
+				t.Errorf("Expect result not equal with IsLikelyNotMountPoint(%s) return: %t, expected: %t", filePath, result, test.expectedResult)
+			}
+
+			if base == "./" {
+				if err := test.cleanUp(base, test.fileName, test.targetLinkName); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("unexpected error in cleanUp(%s, %s): %v", test.fileName, test.targetLinkName, err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (err != nil) != test.expectError {
+				if test.expectError {
+					t.Errorf("Expect error during IsLikelyNotMountPoint(%s)", filePath)
+				} else {
+					t.Errorf("Expect error is nil during IsLikelyNotMountPoint(%s): %v", filePath, err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}