diff --git a/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go b/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
index 60833afae..794356d61 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/mount_hints.go
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ func (m *mountHint) setOptions(val string) error {
 }
 
 func (m *mountHint) isSupported() bool {
+	// TODO(b/142076984): Only support tmpfs for now. Bind mounts require a
+	// common gofer to mount all shared volumes.
 	return m.mount.Type == tmpfs.Name && m.share == pod
 }
 
diff --git a/runsc/boot/vfs.go b/runsc/boot/vfs.go
index be63de370..88e0cd946 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/vfs.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/vfs.go
@@ -919,9 +919,7 @@ func (c *containerMounter) mountTmp(ctx context.Context, conf *config.Config, cr
 func (c *containerMounter) processHints(conf *config.Config, creds *auth.Credentials) error {
 	ctx := c.k.SupervisorContext()
 	for _, hint := range c.hints.mounts {
-		// TODO(b/142076984): Only support tmpfs for now. Bind mounts require a
-		// common gofer to mount all shared volumes.
-		if hint.mount.Type != tmpfs.Name {
+		if !hint.isSupported() {
 			continue
 		}