diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index aba59859..74224dbb 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ setup_mountpoint() {
 
 teardown_mountpoint() {
     # Reverse the operations from setup_mountpoint
-    local mountpoint="$1"
+    local mountpoint=$(realpath "$1")
 
     # ensure we have exactly one trailing slash, and escape all slashes for awk
     mountpoint_match=$(echo "$mountpoint" | sed -e's,/$,,; s,/,\\/,g;')'\/'