diff --git a/src/container.c b/src/container.c
index 18f449ec..3eb041f7 100644
--- a/src/container.c
+++ b/src/container.c
@@ -313,16 +313,12 @@ static int container_setup_mount(struct hyper_container *container)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (unlink("./dev/ptmx") < 0) {
-		perror("remove /dev/ptmx failed");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	if (symlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", "./dev/ptmx") < 0) {
+	/* all containers share the same devtmpfs, so we need to ignore the errno EEXIST */
+	if (symlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", "./dev/ptmx") < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
 		perror("link /dev/pts/ptmx to /dev/ptmx failed");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* all containers share the same devtmpfs, so we need to ignore the errno EEXIST */
 	if ((symlink("/proc/self/fd", "./dev/fd") < 0 && errno != EEXIST) ||
 	    (symlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "./dev/stdin") < 0 && errno != EEXIST) ||
 	    (symlink("/proc/self/fd/1", "./dev/stdout") < 0 && errno != EEXIST) ||
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index df67fc32..4b6becb6 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ static int hyper_setup_shared(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 
 static int hyper_setup_pod(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 {
-	/* create tmp proc directory */
-	if (hyper_mkdir("/tmp/hyper/proc", 0755) < 0) {
-		perror("create tmp proc failed");
+	/* create sandbox directory */
+	if (hyper_mkdir("/tmp/hyper", 0755) < 0) {
+		perror("create sandbox directory failed");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1380,6 +1380,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (unlink("/dev/ptmx") < 0) {
+		perror("remove /dev/ptmx failed");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (symlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", "/dev/ptmx") < 0) {
+		perror("link /dev/pts/ptmx to /dev/ptmx failed");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	cmdline = read_cmdline();
 
 	setsid();