diff --git a/trove/guestagent/volume.py b/trove/guestagent/volume.py
index 02837166a0..3258b77ce3 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/volume.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/volume.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class VolumeMountPoint(object):
 
     def mount(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.mount_point):
-            os.makedirs(self.mount_point)
+            utils.execute("sudo", "mkdir", "-p", self.mount_point)
         LOG.debug("Adding volume. Device path:%s, mount_point:%s, "
                   "volume_type:%s, mount options:%s" %
                   (self.device_path, self.mount_point, self.volume_fstype,
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_volume.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_volume.py
index 62dd8e1b1c..daa84e9010 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_volume.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_volume.py
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ class VolumeMountPointTest(testtools.TestCase):
         os.path.exists = MagicMock(return_value=False)
         fake_spawn = _setUp_fake_spawn()
 
-        os.makedirs = MagicMock()
+        utils.execute = Mock()
 
         self.volumeMountPoint.mount()
 
         self.assertEqual(1, os.path.exists.call_count)
-        self.assertEqual(1, os.makedirs.call_count)
+        self.assertEqual(1, utils.execute.call_count)
         self.assertEqual(1, fake_spawn.expect.call_count)
 
         os.path.exists = origin_