@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ func GetDriver(name, home string, options []string) (Driver, error) {

 	return nil, ErrNotSupported

 }

+// getBuiltinDriver initalizes and returns the registered driver, but does not try to load from plugins

+func getBuiltinDriver(name, home string, options []string) (Driver, error) {

+	if initFunc, exists := drivers[name]; exists {

+		return initFunc(filepath.Join(home, name), options)

+	}

+	logrus.Errorf("Failed to built-in GetDriver graph %s %s", name, home)

+	return nil, ErrNotSupported

+}

+

 // New creates the driver and initializes it at the specified root.

 func New(root string, options []string) (driver Driver, err error) {

 	for _, name := range []string{os.Getenv("DOCKER_DRIVER"), DefaultDriver} {

@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ func New(root string, options []string) (driver Driver, err error) {

 			// of the state found from prior drivers, check in order of our priority

 			// which we would prefer

 			if prior == name {

-				driver, err = GetDriver(name, root, options)

+				driver, err = getBuiltinDriver(name, root, options)

 				if err != nil {

 					// unlike below, we will return error here, because there is prior

 					// state, and now it is no longer supported/prereq/compatible, so

@@ -158,7 +167,7 @@ func New(root string, options []string) (driver Driver, err error) {

 	// Check for priority drivers first

 	for _, name := range priority {

-		driver, err = GetDriver(name, root, options)

+		driver, err = getBuiltinDriver(name, root, options)

 		if err != nil {

 			if err == ErrNotSupported || err == ErrPrerequisites || err == ErrIncompatibleFS {

 				continue