diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index ce56dc8ecc507..d57a09e67e7e9 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) restore() error {
 				continue
 			}
 			container.RWLayer = rwlayer
+			if err := daemon.Mount(container); err != nil {
+				// The mount is unlikely to fail. However, in case mount fails
+				// the container should be allowed to restore here. Some functionalities
+				// (like docker exec -u user) might be missing but container is able to be
+				// stopped/restarted/removed.
+				// See #29365 for related information.
+				// The error is only logged here.
+				logrus.Warnf("Failed to mount container %v: %v", id, err)
+			}
 			logrus.Debugf("Loaded container %v", container.ID)
 
 			containers[container.ID] = container
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
index 3fd04537099ed..bbdd385c341b2 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
@@ -2159,3 +2159,30 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestDaemonDiscoveryBackendConfigReload(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, fmt.Sprintf("Cluster store: consul://consuladdr:consulport/some/path"))
 	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, fmt.Sprintf("Cluster advertise: 192.168.56.100:0"))
 }
+
+// Test case for 29342
+func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestExecWithUserAfterLiveRestore(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
+	err := s.d.StartWithBusybox("--live-restore")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)
+
+	out, err := s.d.Cmd("run", "-d", "--name=top", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "addgroup -S test && adduser -S -G test test -D -s /bin/sh && top")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("Output: %s", out))
+
+	waitRun("top")
+
+	out1, err := s.d.Cmd("exec", "-u", "test", "top", "id")
+	// uid=100(test) gid=101(test) groups=101(test)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("Output: %s", out1))
+
+	// restart daemon.
+	err = s.d.Restart("--live-restore")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)
+
+	out2, err := s.d.Cmd("exec", "-u", "test", "top", "id")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("Output: %s", out2))
+	c.Assert(out1, check.Equals, out2, check.Commentf("Output: before restart '%s', after restart '%s'", out1, out2))
+
+	out, err = s.d.Cmd("stop", "top")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("Output: %s", out))
+}