diff --git a/pkg/volume/cephfs/cephfs.go b/pkg/volume/cephfs/cephfs.go
index 59f72a248d184..837438764010f 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cephfs/cephfs.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cephfs/cephfs.go
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ func (cephfsVolume *cephfsMounter) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 	if !notMnt {
 		return nil
 	}
-	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// check whether it belongs to fuse, if not, default to use kernel mount.
 	if cephfsVolume.checkFuseMount() {
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ func (cephfsVolume *cephfsMounter) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 		}
 	}
 	glog.V(4).Infof("CephFS kernel mount.")
+
 	err = cephfsVolume.execMount(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		// cleanup upon failure.
diff --git a/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go b/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
index 0183b36a09d6b..24198a676d560 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
@@ -262,8 +262,9 @@ func (b *glusterfsMounter) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 	if !notMnt {
 		return nil
 	}
-
-	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	err = b.setUpAtInternal(dir)
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil