diff --git a/opts/mount.go b/opts/mount.go
index 0ac252f31187..682717f164df 100644
--- a/opts/mount.go
+++ b/opts/mount.go
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ type MountOpt struct {
 //
 //nolint:gocyclo
 func (m *MountOpt) Set(value string) error {
+	value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+	if value == "" {
+		return errors.New("value is empty")
+	}
+
 	csvReader := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(value))
 	fields, err := csvReader.Read()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/opts/mount_test.go b/opts/mount_test.go
index 05f4c7161714..96d1a7357942 100644
--- a/opts/mount_test.go
+++ b/opts/mount_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ func TestMountOptErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		doc, value, expErr string
 	}{
+		{
+			doc:    "empty value",
+			expErr: "value is empty",
+		},
 		{
 			doc:    "missing tmpfs target",
 			value:  "type=tmpfs",