diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
index e80dad590a..43a150fc02 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux.go
@@ -155,41 +155,6 @@ func (m *Mounter) doMount(mounterPath string, mountCmd string, source string, ta
 	return err
 }
 
-// GetMountRefs finds all other references to the device referenced
-// by mountPath; returns a list of paths.
-func GetMountRefs(mounter Interface, mountPath string) ([]string, error) {
-	mps, err := mounter.List()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Find the device name.
-	deviceName := ""
-	// If mountPath is symlink, need get its target path.
-	slTarget, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(mountPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		slTarget = mountPath
-	}
-	for i := range mps {
-		if mps[i].Path == slTarget {
-			deviceName = mps[i].Device
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Find all references to the device.
-	var refs []string
-	if deviceName == "" {
-		glog.Warningf("could not determine device for path: %q", mountPath)
-	} else {
-		for i := range mps {
-			if mps[i].Device == deviceName && mps[i].Path != slTarget {
-				refs = append(refs, mps[i].Path)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return refs, nil
-}
-
 // detectSystemd returns true if OS runs with systemd as init. When not sure
 // (permission errors, ...), it returns false.
 // There may be different ways how to detect systemd, this one makes sure that
@@ -352,7 +317,7 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (str
 // the mount path reference should match the given plugin directory. In case no mount path reference
 // matches, returns the volume name taken from its given mountPath
 func getDeviceNameFromMount(mounter Interface, mountPath, pluginDir string) (string, error) {
-	refs, err := GetMountRefs(mounter, mountPath)
+	refs, err := mounter.GetMountRefs(mountPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("GetMountRefs failed for mount path %q: %v", mountPath, err)
 		return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux_test.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux_test.go
index 0324bf88d9..fdcd719e1d 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_linux_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestGetMountRefs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {
-		if refs, err := GetMountRefs(fm, test.mountPath); err != nil || !setEquivalent(test.expectedRefs, refs) {
+		if refs, err := fm.GetMountRefs(test.mountPath); err != nil || !setEquivalent(test.expectedRefs, refs) {
 			t.Errorf("%d. getMountRefs(%q) = %v, %v; expected %v, nil", i, test.mountPath, refs, err, test.expectedRefs)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
index 6143aec182..b2edebb566 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_unsupported.go
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) Unmount(target string) error {
 	return unsupportedErr
 }
 
-// GetMountRefs finds all other references to the device referenced
-// by mountPath; returns a list of paths.
-func GetMountRefs(mounter Interface, mountPath string) ([]string, error) {
-	return []string{}, unsupportedErr
-}
-
 func (mounter *Mounter) List() ([]MountPoint, error) {
 	return []MountPoint{}, unsupportedErr
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
index 5c57a57d06..28d4103826 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows.go
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) Unmount(target string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetMountRefs finds all other references to the device(drive) referenced
-// by mountPath; returns a list of paths.
-func GetMountRefs(mounter Interface, mountPath string) ([]string, error) {
-	refs, err := getAllParentLinks(normalizeWindowsPath(mountPath))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return refs, nil
-}
-
 // List returns a list of all mounted filesystems. todo
 func (mounter *Mounter) List() ([]MountPoint, error) {
 	return []MountPoint{}, nil
@@ -170,7 +160,7 @@ func (mounter *Mounter) GetDeviceNameFromMount(mountPath, pluginDir string) (str
 // the mount path reference should match the given plugin directory. In case no mount path reference
 // matches, returns the volume name taken from its given mountPath
 func getDeviceNameFromMount(mounter Interface, mountPath, pluginDir string) (string, error) {
-	refs, err := GetMountRefs(mounter, mountPath)
+	refs, err := mounter.GetMountRefs(mountPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("GetMountRefs failed for mount path %q: %v", mountPath, err)
 		return "", err
@@ -458,11 +448,11 @@ func getAllParentLinks(path string) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func (mounter *Mounter) GetMountRefs(pathname string) ([]string, error) {
-	realpath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(pathname)
+	refs, err := getAllParentLinks(normalizeWindowsPath(pathname))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return getMountRefsByDev(mounter, realpath)
+	return refs, nil
 }
 
 // Note that on windows, it always returns 0. We actually don't set FSGroup on
diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows_test.go b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows_test.go
index a6e26bec8a..c292e9f86b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/mount_windows_test.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestGetMountRefs(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if refs, err := GetMountRefs(fm, mountPath); err != nil || !setEquivalent(expectedRefs, refs) {
+	if refs, err := fm.GetMountRefs(mountPath); err != nil || !setEquivalent(expectedRefs, refs) {
 		t.Errorf("getMountRefs(%q) = %v, error: %v; expected %v", mountPath, refs, err, expectedRefs)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/attacher.go
index ac716ed1b0..e4178068dc 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/attacher.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (plugin *awsElasticBlockStorePlugin) NewAttacher() (volume.Attacher, error)
 
 func (plugin *awsElasticBlockStorePlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 func (attacher *awsElasticBlockStoreAttacher) Attach(spec *volume.Spec, nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_dd.go b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_dd.go
index 8310e0ab00..71934c48fe 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_dd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_dd.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
 )
@@ -267,5 +266,5 @@ func (plugin *azureDataDiskPlugin) ConstructVolumeSpec(volumeName, mountPath str
 
 func (plugin *azureDataDiskPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	m := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(m, deviceMountPath)
+	return m.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher.go
index fff3efd557..e650954328 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (plugin *cinderPlugin) NewAttacher() (volume.Attacher, error) {
 
 func (plugin *cinderPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 func (attacher *cinderDiskAttacher) waitOperationFinished(volumeID string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
index 55aec4586c..8f0cb3aad5 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func (c *cinderVolumeUnmounter) TearDownAt(dir string) error {
 	// Find Cinder volumeID to lock the right volume
 	// TODO: refactor VolumePlugin.NewUnmounter to get full volume.Spec just like
 	// NewMounter. We could then find volumeID there without probing MountRefs.
-	refs, err := mount.GetMountRefs(c.mounter, dir)
+	refs, err := c.mounter.GetMountRefs(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("GetMountRefs failed: %v", err)
 		return err
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (c *cinderVolumeUnmounter) TearDownAt(dir string) error {
 	defer c.plugin.volumeLocks.UnlockKey(c.pdName)
 
 	// Reload list of references, there might be SetUpAt finished in the meantime
-	refs, err = mount.GetMountRefs(c.mounter, dir)
+	refs, err = c.mounter.GetMountRefs(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("GetMountRefs failed: %v", err)
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD b/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
index 54a2574eb7..95d0dd5cae 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/mount:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/csi/labelmanager:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
index d10457686a..76918713f9 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/csi/labelmanager"
 )
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ func (p *csiPlugin) NewDetacher() (volume.Detacher, error) {
 
 func (p *csiPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	m := p.host.GetMounter(p.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(m, deviceMountPath)
+	return m.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 // BlockVolumePlugin methods
diff --git a/pkg/volume/fc/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/fc/attacher.go
index 77549e9b5b..69d14fbff1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/fc/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/fc/attacher.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (plugin *fcPlugin) NewAttacher() (volume.Attacher, error) {
 
 func (plugin *fcPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 func (attacher *fcAttacher) Attach(spec *volume.Spec, nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/fc/fc.go b/pkg/volume/fc/fc.go
index 4160fe055c..4bbacfce70 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/fc/fc.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/fc/fc.go
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (plugin *fcPlugin) ConstructVolumeSpec(volumeName, mountPath string) (*volu
 	//   globalPDPath : plugins/kubernetes.io/fc/50060e801049cfd1-lun-0
 	var globalPDPath string
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	paths, err := mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, mountPath)
+	paths, err := mounter.GetMountRefs(mountPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/fc/fc_test.go b/pkg/volume/fc/fc_test.go
index ecc4155c7f..828552e0fd 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/fc/fc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/fc/fc_test.go
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func Test_ConstructVolumeSpec(t *testing.T) {
 		"/var/lib/kubelet/pods/some-pod/volumes/kubernetes.io~fc/fc-in-pod2",
 	}
 	for _, path := range mountPaths {
-		refs, err := mount.GetMountRefs(fm, path)
+		refs, err := fm.GetMountRefs(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("couldn't get mountrefs. err: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func Test_ConstructVolumeSpecNoRefs(t *testing.T) {
 		"/var/lib/kubelet/pods/some-pod/volumes/kubernetes.io~fc/fc-in-pod1",
 	}
 	for _, path := range mountPaths {
-		refs, _ := mount.GetMountRefs(fm, path)
+		refs, _ := fm.GetMountRefs(path)
 		var globalPDPath string
 		for _, ref := range refs {
 			if strings.Contains(ref, "kubernetes.io/fc") {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
index 861ab4a3bb..68bcf094d5 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) isUnsupported(command string) bool {
 
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) getDeviceMountPath(spec *volume.Spec) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/attacher.go
index 21d8545b08..8a6256b617 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/attacher.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
 )
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func (plugin *gcePersistentDiskPlugin) NewAttacher() (volume.Attacher, error) {
 
 func (plugin *gcePersistentDiskPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 // Attach checks with the GCE cloud provider if the specified volume is already
diff --git a/pkg/volume/iscsi/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/iscsi/attacher.go
index 0ca2f4d5fe..59c528b361 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/iscsi/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/iscsi/attacher.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (plugin *iscsiPlugin) NewAttacher() (volume.Attacher, error) {
 
 func (plugin *iscsiPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(iscsiPluginName)
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 func (attacher *iscsiAttacher) Attach(spec *volume.Spec, nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi.go b/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi.go
index 687f2cc6a3..de82fa1652 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (plugin *iscsiPlugin) ConstructVolumeSpec(volumeName, mountPath string) (*v
 	// Find globalPDPath from pod volume directory(mountPath)
 	var globalPDPath string
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	paths, err := mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, mountPath)
+	paths, err := mounter.GetMountRefs(mountPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/attacher.go
index 54370d6049..368b9bea94 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/attacher.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (attacher *photonPersistentDiskAttacher) GetDeviceMountPath(spec *volume.Sp
 // by deviceMountPath; returns a list of paths.
 func (plugin *photonPersistentDiskPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 // MountDevice mounts device to global mount point.
diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/attacher.go
index 9a74a608c3..628f985ecc 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/attacher.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (plugin *rbdPlugin) newDetacherInternal(manager diskManager) (volume.Detach
 // GetDeviceMountRefs implements AttachableVolumePlugin.GetDeviceMountRefs.
 func (plugin *rbdPlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 // rbdAttacher implements volume.Attacher interface.
diff --git a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
index 0cf3440d8a..ad6698de84 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (attacher *vsphereVMDKAttacher) GetDeviceMountPath(spec *volume.Spec) (stri
 // by deviceMountPath; returns a list of paths.
 func (plugin *vsphereVolumePlugin) GetDeviceMountRefs(deviceMountPath string) ([]string, error) {
 	mounter := plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName())
-	return mount.GetMountRefs(mounter, deviceMountPath)
+	return mounter.GetMountRefs(deviceMountPath)
 }
 
 // MountDevice mounts device to global mount point.