diff --git a/test/fuse_integration/framework.go b/test/fuse_integration/framework.go
index 1a394fb595..3a4490a1df 100644
--- a/test/fuse_integration/framework.go
+++ b/test/fuse_integration/framework.go
@@ -376,11 +376,16 @@ func (f *FuseTestFramework) waitForService(addr string, timeout time.Duration) e
 
 // waitForMount waits for the FUSE mount to be ready
 func (f *FuseTestFramework) waitForMount(timeout time.Duration) error {
+	// The mount point is created before weed mount starts, so Stat/ReadDir
+	// alone succeed on the plain directory. The device id only differs from
+	// its parent's once a filesystem is actually mounted on it.
+	parentDev, err := deviceID(filepath.Dir(f.mountPoint))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("stat mount parent: %w", err)
+	}
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
 	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		// Check if mount point is accessible
-		if _, err := os.Stat(f.mountPoint); err == nil {
-			// Try to list directory
+		if dev, err := deviceID(f.mountPoint); err == nil && dev != parentDev {
 			if _, err := os.ReadDir(f.mountPoint); err == nil {
 				return nil
 			}
diff --git a/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unix.go b/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e3fd0877d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package fuse
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// deviceID returns the device ID of the filesystem containing path.
+func deviceID(path string) (uint64, error) {
+	var st syscall.Stat_t
+	if err := syscall.Stat(path, &st); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint64(st.Dev), nil
+}
diff --git a/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unsupported.go b/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b59a080d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fuse_integration/mounted_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build !unix
+
+package fuse
+
+// FUSE mounts are unix-only: reporting one device keeps waitForMount from
+// mistaking the plain pre-mount directory for a live mount on platforms
+// where a mount can never appear.
+func deviceID(path string) (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, nil
+}