diff --git a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
index f0c067db6..1805d5db9 100644
--- a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
+++ b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
@@ -8477,6 +8477,8 @@ namespace oam
 	******************************************************************************************/
 	std::string Oam::updateFstab(std::string device, std::string dbrootID)
 	{
+		writeLog("updateFstab called: " + device + ":" + dbrootID, LOG_TYPE_INFO );
+
 		//check if entry already exist 
 		string cmd = "grep /data" + dbrootID + " /etc/fstab /dev/null 2>&1";
 		int status = system(cmd.c_str());
diff --git a/procmon/processmonitor.cpp b/procmon/processmonitor.cpp
index 7e86bf03e..69d3d6a1c 100644
--- a/procmon/processmonitor.cpp
+++ b/procmon/processmonitor.cpp
@@ -1714,6 +1714,12 @@ void ProcessMonitor::processMessage(messageqcpp::ByteStream msg, messageqcpp::IO
 			string entry;
 			msg >> entry;
 
+			//check if entry already exist 
+			string cmd = "grep " + entry + " /etc/fstab /dev/null 2>&1";
+			int status = system(cmd.c_str());
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0 )
+				break;
+
 			string cmd = "echo " + entry + " >> /etc/fstab";
 			system(cmd.c_str());