diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/drivers.go b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/drivers.go
index 44d76eac56..6d3bfa32ed 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/drivers.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/drivers.go
@@ -57,5 +57,8 @@ func Init(initPrivatePrefixes []string, cloudrootDir string) error {
 	}
 	hostCpuArch = strings.TrimSpace(string(cpuArch))
 	cloudrootDirectory = cloudrootDir
+	if len(cloudrootDirectory) == 0 {
+		cloudrootDirectory = "/opt"
+	}
 	return nil
 }