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 f82f66204a..b73d9e76d2 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -1273,8 +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()
 }