diff --git a/pmb/flasher/frontend.py b/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
index 96684b0a..b8883c40 100644
--- a/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
+++ b/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def sideload(deviceinfo: Deviceinfo, method: str):
 
     # Missing recovery zip error
     if not (
-        Chroot.native()
+        chroot
         / mountpoint
         / "var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer"
         / f"pmos-{deviceinfo.codename}.zip"
diff --git a/pmb/helpers/mount.py b/pmb/helpers/mount.py
index 45f0d0d4..535f9850 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/mount.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/mount.py
@@ -101,14 +101,15 @@ def umount_all(folder: Path):
             raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to umount: {mountpoint}")
 
 
-def mount_device_rootfs(chroot_rootfs: Chroot) -> PurePath:
+def mount_device_rootfs(chroot_rootfs: Chroot, chroot_base: Chroot = Chroot.native()) -> PurePath:
     """
     Mount the device rootfs.
     :param chroot_rootfs: the chroot where the rootfs that will be
                           installed on the device has been created (e.g.
                           "rootfs_qemu-amd64")
-    :returns: the mountpoint (relative to the native chroot)
+    :param chroot_base: the chroot rootfs mounted to
+    :returns: the mountpoint (relative to the chroot)
     """
     mountpoint = PurePath("/mnt", str(chroot_rootfs))
-    pmb.helpers.mount.bind(chroot_rootfs.path, Chroot.native() / mountpoint)
+    pmb.helpers.mount.bind(chroot_rootfs.path, chroot_base / mountpoint)
     return mountpoint
diff --git a/pmb/install/_install.py b/pmb/install/_install.py
index c711ff88..826a36cd 100644
--- a/pmb/install/_install.py
+++ b/pmb/install/_install.py
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ def print_flash_info(device: str, deviceinfo: Deviceinfo, split: bool, have_disk
 def install_recovery_zip(args: PmbArgs, device: str, arch: Arch, steps):
     logging.info(f"*** ({steps}/{steps}) CREATING RECOVERY-FLASHABLE ZIP ***")
     chroot = Chroot(ChrootType.BUILDROOT, arch)
-    mount_device_rootfs(Chroot.rootfs(device))
+    mount_device_rootfs(Chroot.rootfs(device), chroot)
     pmb.install.recovery.create_zip(args, chroot, device)
 
     # Flash information