diff --git a/PublicVolume.cpp b/PublicVolume.cpp
index 119d92c..f976c4a 100644
--- a/PublicVolume.cpp
+++ b/PublicVolume.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
         LOG(VERBOSE) << "Waiting for FUSE to spin up...";
         usleep(50000); // 50ms
     }
+    /* sdcardfs will have exited already. FUSE will still be running */
+    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(waitpid(mFusePid, nullptr, WNOHANG));
 
     return OK;
 }