diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
index 32d07984f4fa..51a2f1c347fd 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.9/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ zookeeper_initialize() {
         info "User injected custom configuration detected!"
     fi
 
-    if is_dir_empty "$ZOO_DATA_DIR"; then
+    if is_mounted_dir_empty "$ZOO_DATA_DIR"; then
         info "Deploying ZooKeeper from scratch..."
         echo "$ZOO_SERVER_ID" >"${ZOO_DATA_DIR}/myid"