diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index 6fbccf4..6213aeb 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -120,13 +120,9 @@
     return !stat(path.c_str(), &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);
 }
 
-// Similar test as overlayfs workdir= validation in the kernel for read-write
-// validation, except we use fs_mgr_work.  Covers space and storage issues.
-bool fs_mgr_dir_is_writable(const std::string& path) {
-    auto test_directory = path + "/fs_mgr_work";
-    rmdir(test_directory.c_str());
-    auto ret = !mkdir(test_directory.c_str(), 0700);
-    return ret | !rmdir(test_directory.c_str());
+bool fs_mgr_rw_access(const std::string& path) {
+    if (path.empty()) return false;
+    return access(path.c_str(), R_OK | W_OK) == 0;
 }
 
 // At less than 1% or 8MB of free space return value of false,
@@ -280,7 +276,7 @@
         if (!fs_mgr_is_dir(upper)) continue;
         auto work = dir + kWorkName;
         if (!fs_mgr_is_dir(work)) continue;
-        if (!fs_mgr_dir_is_writable(work)) continue;
+        if (!fs_mgr_rw_access(work)) continue;
         return dir;
     }
     return "";
@@ -317,11 +313,6 @@
     return "/system";
 }
 
-bool fs_mgr_rw_access(const std::string& path) {
-    if (path.empty()) return false;
-    return access(path.c_str(), R_OK | W_OK) == 0;
-}
-
 constexpr char kOverlayfsFileContext[] = "u:object_r:overlayfs_file:s0";
 
 class AutoSetFsCreateCon final {