diff --git a/include/proc_parse.h b/include/proc_parse.h
index 3c128b16d..99cf75c10 100644
--- a/include/proc_parse.h
+++ b/include/proc_parse.h
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ struct mount_info {
 	 * On restore mountpoint is prepended with so called ns
 	 * root path -- it's a place in fs where the namespace
 	 * mount tree is constructed. Check mnt_roots for details.
+	 * The ns_mountpoint contains path w/o this prefix.
 	 */
 	char		*mountpoint;
+	char		*ns_mountpoint;
 	unsigned	flags;
 	int		master_id;
 	int		shared_id;
diff --git a/mount.c b/mount.c
index e8e5516f5..b3ddc6bef 100644
--- a/mount.c
+++ b/mount.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ static int collect_mnt_from_image(struct mount_info **pms, struct ns_id *nsid)
 		pm->mountpoint = xmalloc(len);
 		if (!pm->mountpoint)
 			goto err;
+		pm->ns_mountpoint = pm->mountpoint + root_len;
 		/*
 		 * For bind-mounts we would also fix the root here
 		 * too, but bind-mounts restore merges mountpoint