diff --git a/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go b/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
index 794356d61..373a84a2d 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ func newPodMountHints(spec *specs.Spec) (*podMountHints, error) {
 				mnts[name] = mnt
 			}
 			if err := mnt.setField(parts[1], v); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				log.Warningf("ignoring invalid mount annotation (name = %q, key = %q, value = %q): %v", name, parts[1], v, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Validate all hints after done parsing.
+	// Validate all the parsed hints.
 	for name, m := range mnts {
 		log.Infof("Mount annotation found, name: %s, source: %q, type: %s, share: %v", name, m.mount.Source, m.mount.Type, m.share)
 		if m.share == invalid {
diff --git a/runsc/boot/mount_hints_test.go b/runsc/boot/mount_hints_test.go
index 8330df462..16dc83d12 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/mount_hints_test.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/mount_hints_test.go
@@ -120,13 +120,6 @@ func TestPodMountHintsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			error: "share field",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid field name",
-			annotations: map[string]string{
-				MountPrefix + "mount1.invalid": "foo",
-			},
-			error: "invalid mount annotation",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid source",
 			annotations: map[string]string{
@@ -134,7 +127,7 @@ func TestPodMountHintsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.type":   "tmpfs",
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.share":  "pod",
 			},
-			error: "source cannot be empty",
+			error: "source field for \"mount1\" has not been set",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid type",
@@ -143,7 +136,7 @@ func TestPodMountHintsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.type":   "invalid-type",
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.share":  "pod",
 			},
-			error: "invalid type",
+			error: "type field for \"mount1\" has not been set",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid share",
@@ -152,17 +145,7 @@ func TestPodMountHintsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.type":   "tmpfs",
 				MountPrefix + "mount1.share":  "invalid-share",
 			},
-			error: "invalid share",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid options",
-			annotations: map[string]string{
-				MountPrefix + "mount1.source":  "foo",
-				MountPrefix + "mount1.type":    "tmpfs",
-				MountPrefix + "mount1.share":   "pod",
-				MountPrefix + "mount1.options": "invalid-option",
-			},
-			error: "unknown mount option",
+			error: "share field for \"mount1\" has not been set",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "duplicate source",