diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev.c b/src/lxc/bdev.c
index 67fe72baf..ab1c87b35 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev.c
@@ -2387,6 +2387,12 @@ static int rsync_rootfs(struct rsync_data *data)
 		SYSERROR("unshare CLONE_NEWNS");
 		return -1;
 	}
+	if (detect_shared_rootfs()) {
+		if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_SLAVE|MS_REC, NULL)) {
+			SYSERROR("Failed to make / rslave to run rsync");
+			ERROR("Continuing...");
+		}
+	}
 
 	// If not a snapshot, copy the fs.
 	if (orig->ops->mount(orig) < 0) {
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index b8b11d62f..0d89d1166 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static bool create_run_template(struct lxc_container *c, char *tpath, bool quiet
 				exit(1);
 			}
 			if (detect_shared_rootfs()) {
-				if (mount("", "", NULL, MS_SLAVE|MS_REC, 0)) {
+				if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_SLAVE|MS_REC, NULL)) {
 					SYSERROR("Failed to make / rslave to run template");
 					ERROR("Continuing...");
 				}