diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 5b1eceba0b..fcdce43eff 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ func createContainer(id string, root string, command string, args []string, laye
 		stdoutLog:	new(bytes.Buffer),
 		stderrLog:	new(bytes.Buffer),
 	}
+	if err := container.Filesystem.createMountPoints(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	container.stdout.AddWriter(NopWriteCloser(container.stdoutLog))
 	container.stderr.AddWriter(NopWriteCloser(container.stderrLog))
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ func loadContainer(containerPath string) (*Container, error) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, container); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if err := container.Filesystem.createMountPoints(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	container.State = newState()
 	return container, nil
 }