diff --git a/internal/hcsoci/hcsdoc_wcow.go b/internal/hcsoci/hcsdoc_wcow.go
index 439740fe9b..3dad366df9 100644
--- a/internal/hcsoci/hcsdoc_wcow.go
+++ b/internal/hcsoci/hcsdoc_wcow.go
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ func createMountsConfig(ctx context.Context, coi *createOptionsInternal) (*mount
 	// TODO: Mapped pipes to add in v2 schema.
 	var config mountsConfig
 	for _, mount := range coi.Spec.Mounts {
-		if mount.Type != "" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid container spec - Mount.Type '%s' must not be set", mount.Type)
-		}
+
 		if uvm.IsPipe(mount.Source) {
 			src, dst := uvm.GetContainerPipeMapping(coi.HostingSystem, mount)
 			config.mpsv1 = append(config.mpsv1, schema1.MappedPipe{HostPath: src, ContainerPipeName: dst})
@@ -63,18 +61,17 @@ func createMountsConfig(ctx context.Context, coi *createOptionsInternal) (*mount
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to eval symlinks for mount source %q: %s", mount.Source, err)
 				}
 				mdv2.HostPath = src
+			} else if mount.Type == "virtual-disk" || mount.Type == "physical-disk" {
+				uvmPath, err := coi.HostingSystem.GetScsiUvmPath(ctx, mount.Source)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				mdv2.HostPath = uvmPath
 			} else {
+				// vsmb mount
 				uvmPath, err := coi.HostingSystem.GetVSMBUvmPath(ctx, mount.Source, readOnly)
 				if err != nil {
-					if err == uvm.ErrNotAttached {
-						// It could also be a scsi mount.
-						uvmPath, err = coi.HostingSystem.GetScsiUvmPath(ctx, mount.Source)
-						if err != nil {
-							return nil, err
-						}
-					} else {
-						return nil, err
-					}
+					return nil, err
 				}
 				mdv2.HostPath = uvmPath
 			}
diff --git a/internal/hcsoci/resources_wcow.go b/internal/hcsoci/resources_wcow.go
index f2984a423b..0b09edc579 100644
--- a/internal/hcsoci/resources_wcow.go
+++ b/internal/hcsoci/resources_wcow.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func setupMounts(ctx context.Context, coi *createOptionsInternal, r *resources.R
 	// Validate each of the mounts. If this is a V2 Xenon, we have to add them as
 	// VSMB shares to the utility VM. For V1 Xenon and Argons, there's nothing for
 	// us to do as it's done by HCS.
-	for i, mount := range coi.Spec.Mounts {
+	for _, mount := range coi.Spec.Mounts {
 		if mount.Destination == "" || mount.Source == "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid OCI spec - a mount must have both source and a destination: %+v", mount)
 		}
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ func setupMounts(ctx context.Context, coi *createOptionsInternal, r *resources.R
 				if err != nil {
 					return errors.Wrapf(err, "adding SCSI physical disk mount %+v", mount)
 				}
-				coi.Spec.Mounts[i].Type = ""
 				r.Add(scsiMount)
 			} else if mount.Type == "virtual-disk" {
 				l.Debug("hcsshim::allocateWindowsResources Hot-adding SCSI virtual disk for OCI mount")
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ func setupMounts(ctx context.Context, coi *createOptionsInternal, r *resources.R
 				if err != nil {
 					return errors.Wrapf(err, "adding SCSI virtual disk mount %+v", mount)
 				}
-				coi.Spec.Mounts[i].Type = ""
 				r.Add(scsiMount)
 			} else {
 				if uvm.IsPipe(mount.Source) {