diff --git a/test/e2e/mount_rootless_test.go b/test/e2e/mount_rootless_test.go
index 7b2a5badfa..7e4af2eb68 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mount_rootless_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/mount_rootless_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"slices"
+
 	. "github.com/containers/podman/v5/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -63,5 +65,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman mount", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 		Expect(session.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(podmanTest.TempDir))
+
+		// We have to unmount the image again otherwise we leak the tmpdir
+		// as active mount points cannot be removed.
+		index := slices.Index(args, "mount")
+		Expect(index).To(BeNumerically(">", 0), "index should be found")
+		args[index] = "unmount"
+		session = podmanTest.Podman(args)
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 	})
 })