diff --git a/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go b/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
index 3119a2474..035a161a4 100644
--- a/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
+++ b/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cephfs
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -31,6 +35,12 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	availableMounters []string
+
+	// maps a mountpoint to PID of its FUSE daemon
+	fusePidMap    = make(map[string]int)
+	fusePidMapMtx sync.Mutex
+
+	fusePidRx = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^ceph-fuse\[(.+)\]: starting fuse$`)
 )
 
 // Load available ceph mounters installed on system into availableMounters
@@ -116,10 +126,24 @@ func mountFuse(mountPoint string, cr *credentials, volOptions *volumeOptions, vo
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Contains(stderr, []byte("starting fuse")) {
+	// Parse the output:
+	// We need "starting fuse" meaning the mount is ok
+	// and PID of the ceph-fuse daemon for unmount
+
+	match := fusePidRx.FindSubmatch(stderr)
+	if len(match) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("ceph-fuse failed: %s", stderr)
 	}
 
+	pid, err := strconv.Atoi(string(match[1]))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse FUSE daemon PID: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fusePidMapMtx.Lock()
+	fusePidMap[mountPoint] = pid
+	fusePidMapMtx.Unlock()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +197,29 @@ func bindMount(from, to string, readOnly bool) error {
 }
 
 func unmountVolume(mountPoint string) error {
-	return execCommandErr("umount", mountPoint)
+	if err := execCommandErr("umount", mountPoint); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fusePidMapMtx.Lock()
+	pid, ok := fusePidMap[mountPoint]
+	if ok {
+		delete(fusePidMap, mountPoint)
+	}
+	fusePidMapMtx.Unlock()
+
+	if ok {
+		p, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("failed to find process %d: %v", pid, err)
+		} else {
+			if _, err = p.Wait(); err != nil {
+				klog.Warningf("%d is not a child process: %v", pid, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func createMountPoint(root string) error {