diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index 40356988..2aa4eb43 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ _test_mount()
     _mount -t $FSTYP $TEST_OPTIONS $TEST_FS_MOUNT_OPTS $SELINUX_MOUNT_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV $TEST_DIR
 }
 
+_test_remount()
+{
+    $UMOUNT_PROG $TEST_DEV
+    _test_mount
+}
+
 _scratch_mkfs_options()
 {
     _scratch_options mkfs
diff --git a/tests/generic/013 b/tests/generic/013
index 93d99047..534c9f07 100755
--- a/tests/generic/013
+++ b/tests/generic/013
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ _cleanup()
 {
     cd /
     # we might get here with a RO FS
-    mount -o remount,rw $TEST_DEV >/dev/null 2>&1
+    _test_remount
     # now remove fsstress directory.
     # N.B. rm(1) on IRIX can find problems when building up a long pathname
     # such that what it has is greater the 1024 chars and will