diff --git a/driver/mounter.go b/driver/mounter.go
index db300c97..d667a5c5 100644
--- a/driver/mounter.go
+++ b/driver/mounter.go
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+const (
+	runningState                 = "running"
+	blkidExitStatusNoIdentifiers = 2
+)
+
 type Mounter interface {
 	Format(source, fs string) error
 	IsFormatted(source string) (bool, error)
@@ -94,19 +100,22 @@ func (m *mounter) IsFormatted(source string) (bool, error) {
 		"format-args":    blkidArgs,
 	}).Info("isFormatted called")
 
-	out, err := exec.Command(blkidCmd, blkidArgs...).CombinedOutput()
+	exitCode := 0
+	cmd := exec.Command(blkidCmd, blkidArgs...)
+	err = cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("checking formatting failed for %v: %v", blkidArgs, err)
-	}
-
-	// assume not formatted
-	if string(out) == "" {
-		return false, nil
+		exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError)
+		if !ok {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("checking formatting failed: %v cmd: %q, args: %q", err, blkidCmd, blkidArgs)
+		}
+		ws := exitError.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus)
+		exitCode = ws.ExitStatus()
+		if exitCode == blkidExitStatusNoIdentifiers {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("checking formatting failed: %v cmd: %q, args: %q", err, blkidCmd, blkidArgs)
 	}
 
-	m.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"format-output": out,
-	}).Info("isFormatted end")
 	return true, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc4a07fa..07ed6299 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vultr/metadata v1.1.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20221014153046-6fdb5e3db783
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.52.3
 )
 
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.4.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20221118155620-16455021b5e6 // indirect