diff --git a/EmulatedVolume.cpp b/EmulatedVolume.cpp
index 44ad22a..df91904 100644
--- a/EmulatedVolume.cpp
+++ b/EmulatedVolume.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
         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;
 }