diff --git a/internal/cephfs/util.go b/internal/cephfs/util.go
index 42ecb03ce..49b63e48f 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/util.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/util.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util/log"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
@@ -29,12 +28,6 @@ import (
 
 type volumeID string
 
-func execCommandErr(ctx context.Context, program string, args ...string) error {
-	_, _, err := util.ExecCommand(ctx, program, args...)
-
-	return err
-}
-
 func parseTime(ctx context.Context, createTime time.Time) (*timestamp.Timestamp, error) {
 	tm, err := ptypes.TimestampProto(createTime)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/volumemounter.go b/internal/cephfs/volumemounter.go
index 04ad0f5b0..0fa4f4757 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/volumemounter.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/volumemounter.go
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+func execCommandErr(ctx context.Context, program string, args ...string) error {
+	_, _, err := util.ExecCommand(ctx, program, args...)
+
+	return err
+}
+
 // Load available ceph mounters installed on system into availableMounters
 // Called from driver.go's Run().
 func loadAvailableMounters(conf *util.Config) error {