diff --git a/src/mounts.js b/src/mounts.js
index 46fb1e72e..779bf9b22 100644
--- a/src/mounts.js
+++ b/src/mounts.js
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ async function getStatus(mountType, hostPath) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof hostPath, 'string');
 
     if (mountType === 'noop' || mountType === 'mountpoint') { // noop is from volume provider and mountpoint is from backup provider
-        if (safe.child_process.execSync(`mountpoint -q -- ${hostPath}`, { encoding: 'utf8' })) {
+        safe.child_process.execSync(`mountpoint -q -- ${hostPath}`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+        if (!safe.error) {
             return { state: 'active', message: 'Mounted' };
         } else {
             return { state: 'inactive', message: 'Not mounted' };
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index d95bc8799..5d5d414e0 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ function checkPreconditions(apiConfig, dataLayout, callback) {
     debug(`checkPreconditions: ${used} bytes`);
 
     df.file(getBackupPath(apiConfig)).then(function (result) {
-
         // Check filesystem is mounted so we don't write into the actual folder on disk
         if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_SSHFS || apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_CIFS || apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_NFS || apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_EXT4) {
             if (result.mountpoint !== apiConfig.mountPoint) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `${apiConfig.mountPoint} is not mounted`));
@@ -284,6 +283,11 @@ function testConfig(apiConfig, callback) {
         }
     }
 
+    if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_MOUNTPOINT) {
+        safe.child_process.execSync(`mountpoint -q -- ${apiConfig.mountPoint}`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+        if (safe.error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `${apiConfig.mountPoint} is not mounted`, { field: 'mountPoint' }));
+    }
+
     const backupPath = getBackupPath(apiConfig);
     const field = apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_FILESYSTEM ? 'backupFolder' : 'mountPoint';