diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c3783f3..9ecbcb1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
     this.ops = ops
     this._thread = null
     this._handlers = this._makeHandlerArray()
-    this._closed = false
 
     const implemented = [binding.op_init, binding.op_error, binding.op_getattr]
     if (ops) {
@@ -229,8 +228,6 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
   // Lifecycle methods
 
   _open (cb) {
-    if (this._closed) return process.nextTick(cb, new Error('Cannot reopen a closed FUSE instance.'))
-
     this._thread = Buffer.alloc(binding.sizeof_fuse_thread_t)
     this._openCallback = cb
 
@@ -525,11 +522,11 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
   // Public API
 
   mount (cb) {
-    return this._open(cb)
+    return this.open(cb)
   }
 
   unmount (cb) {
-    return this._close(cb)
+    return this.close(cb)
   }
 
   errno (code) {