diff --git a/scripts/ci/prepare_and_cleanup_runner.sh b/scripts/ci/prepare_and_cleanup_runner.sh
index 9f274c9189839..c03fc832185ec 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/prepare_and_cleanup_runner.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/prepare_and_cleanup_runner.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ function prepare_and_cleanup_runner {
     local target_docker_volume_location="/mnt/var-lib-docker"
     echo "Checking free space!"
     df -H
+    echo "Cleaning /mnt just in case it is not empty"
+    sudo rm -rf /mnt/*
+    echo "Checking free space!"
+    df -H
     echo "Making sure that /mnt is writeable"
     sudo chown -R "${USER}" /mnt
     # This is faster than docker prune
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ function prepare_and_cleanup_runner {
     sudo mkdir -p "${target_docker_volume_location}" /var/lib/docker
     sudo mount --bind "${target_docker_volume_location}" /var/lib/docker
     sudo chown -R 0:0 "${target_docker_volume_location}"
+
     sudo systemctl start docker
 }