diff --git a/basefiles/dstack-prepare.sh b/basefiles/dstack-prepare.sh
index 68077865..664ffbf5 100755
--- a/basefiles/dstack-prepare.sh
+++ b/basefiles/dstack-prepare.sh
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ log "Mounting docker dirs to persistent storage"
 # Mount docker dirs to DATA_MNT
 mkdir -p $DATA_MNT/var/lib/docker
 mkdir -p $DATA_MNT/var/lib/containerd
+# Create mount points (containerd may not have started yet to create them)
+mkdir -p /var/lib/docker
+mkdir -p /var/lib/containerd
 mount --rbind $DATA_MNT/var/lib/docker /var/lib/docker
 mount --rbind $DATA_MNT/var/lib/containerd /var/lib/containerd
 mount --rbind $WORK_DIR /dstack