diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index 8a5b0fd266..87b0e009da 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -236,24 +236,6 @@ func (streamConfig *streamConfig) StderrPipe() io.ReadCloser {
 	return ioutils.NewBufReader(reader)
 }
 
-// cleanup releases any network resources allocated to the container along with any rules
-// around how containers are linked together.  It also unmounts the container's root filesystem.
-func (container *Container) cleanup() {
-	container.releaseNetwork()
-
-	container.unmountIpcMounts(detachMounted)
-
-	container.daemon.conditionalUnmountOnCleanup(container)
-
-	for _, eConfig := range container.execCommands.s {
-		container.daemon.unregisterExecCommand(eConfig)
-	}
-
-	if err := container.unmountVolumes(false); err != nil {
-		logrus.Warnf("%s cleanup: Failed to umount volumes: %v", container.ID, err)
-	}
-}
-
 // ExitOnNext signals to the monitor that it should not restart the container
 // after we send the kill signal.
 func (container *Container) ExitOnNext() {
diff --git a/daemon/container_unix.go b/daemon/container_unix.go
index 8cd8989f6d..640bf5bcb2 100644
--- a/daemon/container_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/container_unix.go
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ func (container *Container) getNetworkedContainer() (*Container, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (container *Container) releaseNetwork() {
+func (daemon *Daemon) releaseNetwork(container *Container) {
 	if container.hostConfig.NetworkMode.IsContainer() || container.Config.NetworkDisabled {
 		return
 	}
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ func (container *Container) releaseNetwork() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	sb, err := container.daemon.netController.SandboxByID(sid)
+	sb, err := daemon.netController.SandboxByID(sid)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("error locating sandbox id %s: %v", sid, err)
 		return
diff --git a/daemon/container_windows.go b/daemon/container_windows.go
index f618cd8c23..0ad1fc69ad 100644
--- a/daemon/container_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/container_windows.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (container *Container) updateNetwork() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (container *Container) releaseNetwork() {
+func (daemon *Daemon) releaseNetwork(container *Container) {
 }
 
 // appendNetworkMounts appends any network mounts to the array of mount points passed in.
diff --git a/daemon/monitor.go b/daemon/monitor.go
index 4a24b7d94b..3512cbd1cd 100644
--- a/daemon/monitor.go
+++ b/daemon/monitor.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const (
 type containerSupervisor interface {
 	// LogContainerEvent generates events related to a given container
 	LogContainerEvent(*Container, string)
+	// Cleanup ensures that the container is properly unmounted
+	Cleanup(*Container)
 }
 
 // containerMonitor monitors the execution of a container's main process.
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) ExitOnNext() {
 // unmounts the contatiner's root filesystem
 func (m *containerMonitor) Close() error {
 	// Cleanup networking and mounts
-	m.container.cleanup()
+	m.supervisor.Cleanup(m.container)
 
 	// FIXME: here is race condition between two RUN instructions in Dockerfile
 	// because they share same runconfig and change image. Must be fixed
diff --git a/daemon/start.go b/daemon/start.go
index de86b9e476..89a6020f41 100644
--- a/daemon/start.go
+++ b/daemon/start.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package daemon
 import (
 	"runtime"
 
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	derr "github.com/docker/docker/errors"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/promise"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(container *Container) (err error) {
 				container.ExitCode = 128
 			}
 			container.toDisk()
-			container.cleanup()
+			daemon.Cleanup(container)
 			daemon.LogContainerEvent(container, "die")
 		}
 	}()
@@ -140,3 +141,21 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) waitForStart(container *Container) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Cleanup releases any network resources allocated to the container along with any rules
+// around how containers are linked together.  It also unmounts the container's root filesystem.
+func (daemon *Daemon) Cleanup(container *Container) {
+	daemon.releaseNetwork(container)
+
+	container.unmountIpcMounts(detachMounted)
+
+	daemon.conditionalUnmountOnCleanup(container)
+
+	for _, eConfig := range container.execCommands.s {
+		daemon.unregisterExecCommand(eConfig)
+	}
+
+	if err := container.unmountVolumes(false); err != nil {
+		logrus.Warnf("%s cleanup: Failed to umount volumes: %v", container.ID, err)
+	}
+}