diff --git a/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml b/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
index e4273ec14..6aec16164 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ data:
     {{ include "alluxio.imagePullSecrets" . | indent 2 }}
       {{- end}}
       initContainers:
+      - name: umount-path
+        image: {{ .Values.image }}:{{ .Values.imageTag }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          runAsGroup: 0
+          privileged: true # required by bidirectional mount
+        command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]
+        args:
+          - umount -l {{ $alluxioFuseMountPoint }} || true
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: alluxio-fuse-mount
+            mountPath: {{ $hostMountPath }}
+            mountPropagation: Bidirectional
       - name: create-alluxio-fuse-dir
         image: {{ .Values.image }}:{{ .Values.imageTag }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/fuse/daemonset.yaml b/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
index 5c89de4da..c2a2ee6c9 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/alluxio/templates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ spec:
 {{ include "alluxio.imagePullSecrets" . | indent 6 }}
       {{- end}}
       initContainers:
+        - name: umount-path
+          image: {{ .Values.image }}:{{ .Values.imageTag }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: 0
+            runAsGroup: 0
+            privileged: true # required by bidirectional mount
+          command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]
+          args:
+            - umount -l {{ $alluxioFuseMountPoint }} || true
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: alluxio-fuse-mount
+              mountPath: {{ $hostMountPath }}
+              mountPropagation: Bidirectional
         - name: path-permission
           image: {{ .Values.image }}:{{ .Values.imageTag }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
@@ -129,7 +143,7 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
-            - umount -l -f {{ $alluxioFuseMountPoint }};
+            - umount -l {{ $alluxioFuseMountPoint }};
               {{- $mountTableSource := get .Values.properties "alluxio.mount.table.source" }}
               {{- if or (eq $mountTableSource "ETCD") (eq $mountTableSource "STATIC_FILE") }}
               /entrypoint.sh fuse {{ $alluxioFuseMountPoint }} {{- range .Values.fuse.mountOptions }} -o {{ . }} {{- end }}
diff --git a/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml b/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
index 514a6c221..79f1e6794 100644
--- a/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/csi/csi-fuse.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ data:
     - name: dummySecret1
     - name: dummySecret2
       initContainers:
+      - name: umount-path
+        image: dummy/dummy:dummy
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          runAsGroup: 0
+          privileged: true # required by bidirectional mount
+        command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]
+        args:
+          - umount -l /mnt/alluxio/fuse || true
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: alluxio-fuse-mount
+            mountPath: /mnt/alluxio
+            mountPropagation: Bidirectional
       - name: create-alluxio-fuse-dir
         image: dummy/dummy:dummy
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/fuse/daemonset.yaml b/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
index c9e861470..5003aaeee 100644
--- a/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/expectedTemplates/fuse/daemonset.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ spec:
         - name: dummySecret1
         - name: dummySecret2
       initContainers:
+        - name: umount-path
+          image: dummy/dummy:dummy
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: 0
+            runAsGroup: 0
+            privileged: true # required by bidirectional mount
+          command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]
+          args:
+            - umount -l /mnt/alluxio/fuse || true
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: alluxio-fuse-mount
+              mountPath: /mnt/alluxio
+              mountPropagation: Bidirectional
         - name: path-permission
           image: dummy/dummy:dummy
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
@@ -139,7 +153,7 @@ spec:
               memory: 1Gi
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
-            - umount -l -f /mnt/alluxio/fuse;
+            - umount -l /mnt/alluxio/fuse;
               /entrypoint.sh fuse /dummy/dataset/path /mnt/alluxio/fuse -o allow_other -o entry_timeout=3600 -o attr_timeout=3600
           env:
             - name: ALLUXIO_CLIENT_HOSTNAME