diff --git a/userspace/ksud/src/mount.rs b/userspace/ksud/src/mount.rs
index 36aab8213e84..8eb0eb20908d 100644
--- a/userspace/ksud/src/mount.rs
+++ b/userspace/ksud/src/mount.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub fn mount_ext4(source: impl AsRef<Path>, target: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<
             MoveMountFlags::MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH,
         )?;
     } else {
-        bail!("mount failed");
+        mount(lo, target.as_ref(), "ext4", MountFlags::empty(), "")?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -139,7 +139,18 @@ pub fn mount_overlayfs(
     })();
 
     if let Err(e) = result {
-        bail!("fsopen mount failed: {:#}", e);
+        warn!("fsopen mount failed: {:#}, fallback to mount", e);
+        let mut data = format!("lowerdir={lowerdir_config}");
+        if let (Some(upperdir), Some(workdir)) = (upperdir, workdir) {
+            data = format!("{data},upperdir={upperdir},workdir={workdir}");
+        }
+        mount(
+            KSU_OVERLAY_SOURCE,
+            dest.as_ref(),
+            "overlay",
+            MountFlags::empty(),
+            data,
+        )?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -160,7 +171,13 @@ pub fn mount_tmpfs(dest: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
             MoveMountFlags::MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH,
         )?;
     } else {
-        bail!("mount failed");
+        mount(
+            KSU_OVERLAY_SOURCE,
+            dest.as_ref(),
+            "tmpfs",
+            MountFlags::empty(),
+            "",
+        )?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -200,7 +217,13 @@ pub fn bind_mount(from: impl AsRef<Path>, to: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
             MoveMountFlags::MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH,
         )?;
     } else {
-        bail!("mount failed");
+        mount(
+            from.as_ref(),
+            to.as_ref(),
+            "",
+            MountFlags::BIND | MountFlags::REC,
+            "",
+        )?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -237,7 +260,8 @@ fn mount_overlay_child(
     }
     // merge modules and stock
     if let Err(e) = mount_overlayfs(&lower_dirs, stock_root, None, None, mount_point) {
-        bail!("failed: {:#}", e);
+        warn!("failed: {:#}, fallback to bind mount", e);
+        bind_mount(stock_root, mount_point)?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }