diff --git a/pkg/driver/agent.go b/pkg/driver/agent.go
index 7fb6da1..5195f2b 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/agent.go
@@ -273,9 +273,13 @@ func (ns *node) NodeGetVolumeStats(
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "path is not provided")
 	}
 
+	if zfs.IsMountPath(path) == false {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "path is not a mount path")
+	}
+
 	var sfs unix.Statfs_t
 	if err := unix.Statfs(path, &sfs); err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "statfs on %s was failed: %v", path, err)
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "statfs on %s failed: %v", path, err)
 	}
 
 	var usage []*csi.VolumeUsage
diff --git a/pkg/zfs/mount.go b/pkg/zfs/mount.go
index 46802aa..9ac0903 100644
--- a/pkg/zfs/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/zfs/mount.go
@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@ func GetMounts(dev string) ([]string, error) {
 	return currentMounts, nil
 }
 
+// IsMountPath returns true if path is a mount path
+func IsMountPath(path string) bool {
+
+	var (
+		err       error
+		mountList []mount.MountPoint
+	)
+
+	mounter := mount.New("")
+	// Get list of mounted paths present with the node
+	if mountList, err = mounter.List(); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, mntInfo := range mountList {
+		if mntInfo.Path == path {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func verifyMountRequest(vol *apis.ZFSVolume, mountpath string) error {
 	if len(mountpath) == 0 {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "mount path missing in request")