diff --git a/daemon/containerd/service.go b/daemon/containerd/service.go
index 2604daec29..17ca48fdca 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/service.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/service.go
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ func (i *ImageService) Cleanup() error {
 // GraphDriverName returns the name of the graph drvier
 // moved from Daemon.GraphDriverName, used by:
 // - newContainer
-// - to report an error in Daemon.Mount(container)
 func (i *ImageService) GraphDriverName() string {
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index e9c3765042..b73d9e76d2 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -239,29 +239,25 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) restore() error {
 				log.WithError(err).Error("failed to load container")
 				return
 			}
-			if !system.IsOSSupported(c.OS) {
-				log.Errorf("failed to load container: %s (%q)", system.ErrNotSupportedOperatingSystem, c.OS)
+			if c.Driver != daemon.graphDriver {
+				// Ignore the container if it wasn't created with the current storage-driver
+				log.Debugf("not restoring container because it was created with another storage driver (%s)", c.Driver)
 				return
 			}
-			// Ignore the container if it does not support the current driver being used by the graph
-			if (c.Driver == "" && daemon.graphDriver == "aufs") || c.Driver == daemon.graphDriver {
-				rwlayer, err := daemon.imageService.GetLayerByID(c.ID)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.WithError(err).Error("failed to load container mount")
-					return
-				}
-				c.RWLayer = rwlayer
-				log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-					"running": c.IsRunning(),
-					"paused":  c.IsPaused(),
-				}).Debug("loaded container")
-
-				mapLock.Lock()
-				containers[c.ID] = c
-				mapLock.Unlock()
-			} else {
-				log.Debugf("cannot load container because it was created with another storage driver")
+			rwlayer, err := daemon.imageService.GetLayerByID(c.ID)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Error("failed to load container mount")
+				return
 			}
+			c.RWLayer = rwlayer
+			log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"running": c.IsRunning(),
+				"paused":  c.IsPaused(),
+			}).Debug("loaded container")
+
+			mapLock.Lock()
+			containers[c.ID] = c
+			mapLock.Unlock()
 		}(v.Name())
 	}
 	group.Wait()
@@ -1277,8 +1273,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Mount(container *container.Container) error {
 		// on non-Windows operating systems.
 		if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
 			daemon.Unmount(container)
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error: driver %s is returning inconsistent paths for container %s ('%s' then '%s')",
-				daemon.imageService.GraphDriverName(), container.ID, container.BaseFS, dir)
+			return fmt.Errorf("driver %s is returning inconsistent paths for container %s ('%s' then '%s')",
+				container.Driver, container.ID, container.BaseFS, dir)
 		}
 	}
 	container.BaseFS = dir // TODO: combine these fields
diff --git a/daemon/images/service.go b/daemon/images/service.go
index c23e878cf3..461cb7cb82 100644
--- a/daemon/images/service.go
+++ b/daemon/images/service.go
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ func (i *ImageService) Cleanup() error {
 // GraphDriverName returns the name of the graph drvier
 // moved from Daemon.GraphDriverName, used by:
 // - newContainer
-// - to report an error in Daemon.Mount(container)
 func (i *ImageService) GraphDriverName() string {
 	return i.layerStore.DriverName()
 }