diff --git a/runsc/container/container.go b/runsc/container/container.go
index f0bfbf2c48..ff15f731ef 100644
--- a/runsc/container/container.go
+++ b/runsc/container/container.go
@@ -1389,7 +1389,29 @@ func (c *Container) createGoferProcess(conf *config.Config, mountHints *boot.Pod
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("opening rootfs image %q: %v", rootfsHint.Mount.Source, err)
 		}
-		return []*os.File{ioFile}, nil, nil, nil, nil
+		ioFiles := []*os.File{ioFile}
+		cu := cleanup.Make(func() {
+			for _, f := range ioFiles {
+				_ = f.Close()
+			}
+		})
+		defer cu.Clean()
+		cfgIdx := 1
+		for _, m := range c.Spec.Mounts {
+			if !specutils.HasMountConfig(m) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if c.GoferMountConfs[cfgIdx].ShouldUseErofs() {
+				f, err := os.Open(m.Source)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("opening EROFS image %q: %v", m.Source, err)
+				}
+				ioFiles = append(ioFiles, f)
+			}
+			cfgIdx++
+		}
+		cu.Release()
+		return ioFiles, nil, nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// Ensure we don't leak FDs to the gofer process.
diff --git a/runsc/container/container_test.go b/runsc/container/container_test.go
index 8b282c4fe0..c954a0fcc8 100644
--- a/runsc/container/container_test.go
+++ b/runsc/container/container_test.go
@@ -4460,7 +4460,7 @@ func createRootfsEROFS(dir string) (string, string, error) {
 	// Handcraft the following mount points that the sentry mounts need, because EROFS
 	// does not support creating synthetic directories yet and we may not want to use
 	// overlay in some tests.
-	for _, dir := range []string{"dev", "proc", "sys", "tmp"} {
+	for _, dir := range []string{"data", "dev", "proc", "sys", "tmp"} {
 		if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(rootfsDir, dir), 0755); err != nil {
 			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("os.Mkdir() failed: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -4523,6 +4523,17 @@ func TestRootfsEROFS(t *testing.T) {
 				Source:      mountDir,
 			},
 		},
+
+		// Case 3: EROFS rootfs with an EROFS backed config mount. This stays
+		// in goferless mode and requires donating both EROFS image FDs.
+		{
+			{
+				Type:        erofs.Name,
+				Destination: "/data",
+				Source:      rootfsImage,
+				Options:     []string{"ro"},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		spec.Mounts = mounts