diff --git a/cinderlib/nos_brick.py b/cinderlib/nos_brick.py
index bc1076d..b3961fc 100644
--- a/cinderlib/nos_brick.py
+++ b/cinderlib/nos_brick.py
@@ -183,6 +183,23 @@ class RBDConnector(connectors.rbd.RBDConnector):
         else:
             self._execute('mkdir', '-p', '-m0755', path, run_as_root=True)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _in_container():
+        if os.stat('/proc').st_dev <= 4:
+            return False
+
+        # When running containerized / is /var/lib/docker when running in
+        # Docker /var/lib/containers when running in Podman, and /var/lib/lxc
+        # when in LXC
+        with open('/proc/1/mounts', 'r') as f:
+            for line in f.readlines():
+                data = line.split(' ', 2)
+                if data[1] == '/':
+                    return '/var/lib/' in data[2]
+        # Just in case, say we are
+        LOG.warning("Couldn't detect if running on container, assuming we are")
+        return True
+
     def _setup_class(self):
         try:
             self._execute('which', 'rbd')
@@ -192,7 +209,7 @@ class RBDConnector(connectors.rbd.RBDConnector):
 
         RBDConnector.im_root = os.getuid() == 0
         # Check if we are running containerized
-        RBDConnector.containerized = os.stat('/proc').st_dev > 4
+        RBDConnector.containerized = self._in_container()
 
         # Don't check again to speed things on following connections
         RBDConnector._setup_rbd_class = lambda *args: None
diff --git a/cinderlib/tests/unit/test_nos_brick.py b/cinderlib/tests/unit/test_nos_brick.py
index b9d2fcc..4d95050 100644
--- a/cinderlib/tests/unit/test_nos_brick.py
+++ b/cinderlib/tests/unit/test_nos_brick.py
@@ -31,6 +31,54 @@ class TestRBDConnector(base.BaseTest):
         self.connector.containerized = False
         self.connector._setup_rbd_class = lambda *args: None
 
+    @mock.patch.object(nos_brick, 'open')
+    @mock.patch('os.stat')
+    def test__in_container_stat(self, mock_stat, mock_open):
+        mock_stat.return_value.st_dev = 4
+        res = self.connector._in_container()
+        self.assertFalse(res)
+        mock_stat.assert_called_once_with('/proc')
+        mock_open.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch.object(nos_brick, 'open')
+    @mock.patch('os.stat')
+    def test__in_container_mounts_no_container(self, mock_stat, mock_open):
+        mock_stat.return_value.st_dev = 5
+        mock_read = mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value.readlines
+        mock_read.return_value = [
+            'sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0',
+            'proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0',
+            '/dev/mapper/fedora_think2-root / ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0',
+            'selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0',
+        ]
+
+        res = self.connector._in_container()
+        self.assertFalse(res)
+        mock_stat.assert_called_once_with('/proc')
+        mock_open.assert_called_once_with('/proc/1/mounts', 'r')
+        mock_read.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @mock.patch.object(nos_brick.LOG, 'warning')
+    @mock.patch.object(nos_brick, 'open')
+    @mock.patch('os.stat')
+    def test__in_container_mounts_in_container(self, mock_stat, mock_open,
+                                               mock_warning):
+        mock_stat.return_value.st_dev = 5
+        mock_read = mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value.readlines
+        mock_read.return_value = [
+            'sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0',
+            'proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0',
+            'overlay / overlay rw,lowerdir=/var/lib/containers/...',
+            'selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0',
+        ]
+
+        res = self.connector._in_container()
+        self.assertTrue(res)
+        mock_stat.assert_called_once_with('/proc')
+        mock_open.assert_called_once_with('/proc/1/mounts', 'r')
+        mock_read.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_warning.assert_not_called()
+
     @mock.patch.object(nos_brick.RBDConnector, '_get_rbd_args')
     @mock.patch.object(nos_brick.RBDConnector, '_execute')
     @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rbd-improve-containerized-detection-2bd8a2f995215cdd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rbd-improve-containerized-detection-2bd8a2f995215cdd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171d940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/rbd-improve-containerized-detection-2bd8a2f995215cdd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix cases where our detection of when we are running containerized is not
+    very reliable for the RBD driver.
+    (Bug #1885302).