diff --git a/tests/installed/itest-pull.sh b/tests/installed/itest-pull.sh
index e4540c7f3b..65cb9449c7 100755
--- a/tests/installed/itest-pull.sh
+++ b/tests/installed/itest-pull.sh
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ rm bare-repo repo -rf
 # Try copying the host's repo across a mountpoint for direct
 # imports.
 cd ${test_tmpdir}
-mkdir tmpfs
-mount -t tmpfs tmpfs tmpfs
-cd tmpfs
+mkdir tmpfs mnt
+mount --bind tmpfs mnt
+cd mnt
 ostree --repo=repo init --mode=bare
 ostree --repo=repo pull-local /ostree/repo ${host_commit}
 ostree --repo=repo fsck
 cd ..
-umount tmpfs
-
+umount mnt