diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 42346e2fb..ecb290547 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -776,8 +776,13 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) checkErrAndUndoReserve(
 		return &csi.DeleteVolumeResponse{}, nil
 	}
 
-	// All errors other than ErrImageNotFound should return an error back to the caller
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
+		err = rbdVol.ensureImageCleanup(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+		}
+	} else {
+		// All errors other than ErrImageNotFound should return an error back to the caller
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -924,8 +929,13 @@ func cleanupRBDImage(ctx context.Context,
 	tempClone := rbdVol.generateTempClone()
 	err = deleteImage(ctx, tempClone, cr)
 	if err != nil {
-		// return error if it is not ErrImageNotFound
-		if !errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
+			err = tempClone.ensureImageCleanup(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+			}
+		} else {
+			// return error if it is not ErrImageNotFound
 			log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to delete rbd image: %s with error: %v",
 				tempClone, err)
 
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 1f963108d..08d44bad3 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -565,6 +565,26 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) getTrashPath() string {
 	return trashPath + "/" + rv.ImageID
 }
 
+// ensureImageCleanup finds image in trash and if found removes it
+// from trash.
+func (rv *rbdVolume) ensureImageCleanup(ctx context.Context) error {
+	trashInfoList, err := librbd.GetTrashList(rv.ioctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to list images in trash: %v", err)
+
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, val := range trashInfoList {
+		if val.Name == rv.RbdImageName {
+			rv.ImageID = val.Id
+
+			return trashRemoveImage(ctx, rv, rv.conn.Creds)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // deleteImage deletes a ceph image with provision and volume options.
 func deleteImage(ctx context.Context, pOpts *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) error {
 	image := pOpts.RbdImageName
@@ -597,6 +617,12 @@ func deleteImage(ctx context.Context, pOpts *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) er
 		return err
 	}
 
+	return trashRemoveImage(ctx, pOpts, cr)
+}
+
+// trashRemoveImage adds a task to trash remove an image using ceph manager if supported,
+// otherwise removes the image from trash.
+func trashRemoveImage(ctx context.Context, pOpts *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) error {
 	// attempt to use Ceph manager based deletion support if available
 
 	args := []string{