diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
index 05dc65d360..dcd0088aed 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
@@ -89,14 +89,16 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) createRootlessContainer(ctr *Container, restoreOption
 					}
 				}
 
-				// do not propagate the bind mount on the parent mount namespace
-				if err := unix.Mount("", parentMount, "", unix.MS_SLAVE, ""); err != nil {
-					return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to make %s slave: %w", parentMount, err)
-				}
-
 				// bind mount the containers' mount path to the path where the OCI runtime expects it to be
-				if err := unix.Mount(ctr.state.Mountpoint, rootPath, "", unix.MS_BIND, ""); err != nil {
-					return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to bind mount %s to %s: %w", ctr.state.Mountpoint, rootPath, err)
+				// if the container is already mounted at the expected path, do not cover the mountpoint.
+				if filepath.Clean(ctr.state.Mountpoint) != filepath.Clean(rootPath) {
+					// do not propagate the bind mount on the parent mount namespace
+					if err := unix.Mount("", parentMount, "", unix.MS_SLAVE, ""); err != nil {
+						return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to make %s slave: %w", parentMount, err)
+					}
+					if err := unix.Mount(ctr.state.Mountpoint, rootPath, "", unix.MS_BIND, ""); err != nil {
+						return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to bind mount %s to %s: %w", ctr.state.Mountpoint, rootPath, err)
+					}
 				}
 
 				if isShared {
diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index ee430d4b4c..81b6e41422 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -1419,17 +1419,23 @@ EOF
         # Any other error is fatal
         die "Cannot create idmap mount: $output"
     fi
+    ensure_no_mountpoint "$romount"
 
-    run_podman run --security-opt label=disable --rm --uidmap=0:1000:10000 --rootfs $romount:idmap stat -c %u:%g /bin
+    mkdir -p $PODMAN_TMPDIR/shared-volume
+    # test that there are no mount leaks also when a shared volume is used (with a shared volume the rootfs propagation is set to shared).
+    run_podman run --security-opt label=disable --rm --uidmap=0:1000:10000 -v $PODMAN_TMPDIR/shared-volume:/a-shared-volume:shared --rootfs $romount:idmap stat -c %u:%g /bin
     is "$output" "0:0"
+    ensure_no_mountpoint "$romount"
 
     run_podman run --security-opt label=disable --uidmap=0:1000:10000 --rm --rootfs "$romount:idmap=uids=0-1001-10000;gids=0-1002-10000" stat -c %u:%g /bin
     is "$output" "1:2"
+    ensure_no_mountpoint "$romount"
 
     touch $romount/testfile
     chown 2000:2000 $romount/testfile
     run_podman run --security-opt label=disable --uidmap=0:1000:200 --rm --rootfs "$romount:idmap=uids=@2000-1-1;gids=@2000-1-1" stat -c %u:%g /testfile
     is "$output" "1:1"
+    ensure_no_mountpoint "$romount"
 
     # verify that copyup with an empty idmap volume maintains the original ownership with different mappings and --rootfs
     myvolume=my-volume-$(safename)
@@ -1439,6 +1445,7 @@ EOF
     for FROM in 1000 2000; do
         run_podman run --security-opt label=disable --rm --uidmap=0:$FROM:10000 -v $myvolume:/volume:idmap --rootfs $romount stat -c %u:%g /volume
         is "$output" "0:0"
+        ensure_no_mountpoint "$romount"
     done
     run_podman volume rm $myvolume
 
diff --git a/test/system/060-mount.bats b/test/system/060-mount.bats
index ff1e326462..3d5c09cd02 100644
--- a/test/system/060-mount.bats
+++ b/test/system/060-mount.bats
@@ -309,9 +309,7 @@ EOF
 
     # umount, and make sure mountpoint no longer exists
     run_podman umount $external_cname
-    if findmnt "$mount_path" >/dev/null ; then
-        die "'podman umount' did not umount $mount_path"
-    fi
+    ensure_no_mountpoint "$mount_path"
     buildah rm $external_cname
 }
 
diff --git a/test/system/helpers.bash b/test/system/helpers.bash
index 6f13394b7d..a0285bfdf2 100644
--- a/test/system/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/system/helpers.bash
@@ -1361,5 +1361,16 @@ function make_random_file() {
     dd if=/dev/urandom of="$1" bs=1 count=${2:-$((${RANDOM} % 8192 + 1024))} status=none
 }
 
+###########################
+# ensure there is no mount point at the specified path
+###########################
+function ensure_no_mountpoint() {
+    local path="$1"
+    if findmnt "$path"; then
+        die "there is a mountpoint at $path"
+    fi
+}
+
+
 # END   miscellaneous tools
 ###############################################################################