diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index db9749eed..ed48bc43a 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -2028,5 +2028,11 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) unsetAllMetadata(keys []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	err := rv.RemoveMetadata(clusterNameKey)
+	// TODO: replace string comparison with errno.
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "No such file or directory") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unset metadata key %q on %q: %w", clusterNameKey, rv, err)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }