diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index e1d9e5e3a..1c2f93b26 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 	// _ "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pkg/apis/volumesnapshot/v1alpha1"                             // nolint
 	// _ "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/volumesnapshot/v1alpha1" // nolint
+	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo" // nolint
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega" // nolint
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -365,15 +367,6 @@ func deleteConfigMap(pluginPath string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// matches the definition in internal/util/csiconfig.go
-type clusterInfo struct {
-	ClusterID string   `json:"clusterID"`
-	Monitors  []string `json:"monitors"`
-	CephFS    struct {
-		SubvolumeGroup string `json:"subvolumeGroup"`
-	} `json:"cephFS"`
-}
-
 func createConfigMap(pluginPath string, c kubernetes.Interface, f *framework.Framework) {
 	path := pluginPath + configMap
 	cm := v1.ConfigMap{}
@@ -388,7 +381,7 @@ func createConfigMap(pluginPath string, c kubernetes.Interface, f *framework.Fra
 	fsID = strings.Trim(fsID, "\n")
 	// get mon list
 	mons := getMons(rookNamespace, c)
-	conmap := []clusterInfo{{
+	conmap := []util.ClusterInfo{{
 		ClusterID: fsID,
 		Monitors:  mons,
 	}}
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go b/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
index 3fcd5ace9..d9eb3a455 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -110,30 +111,34 @@ func extractMounter(dest *string, options map[string]string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getClusterInformation(options map[string]string) (string, string, string, error) {
+func getClusterInformation(options map[string]string) (*util.ClusterInfo, error) {
 	clusterID, ok := options["clusterID"]
 	if !ok {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("clusterID must be set")
-		return "", "", "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if err := validateNonEmptyField(clusterID, "clusterID"); err != nil {
-		return "", "", "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	monitors, err := util.Mons(csiConfigFile, clusterID)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to fetch monitor list using clusterID (%s)", clusterID)
-		return "", "", "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	subvolumeGroup, err := util.CephFSSubvolumeGroup(csiConfigFile, clusterID)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to fetch subvolumegroup using clusterID (%s)", clusterID)
-		return "", "", "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	return clusterID, monitors, subvolumeGroup, err
+	clusterData := &util.ClusterInfo{
+		ClusterID: clusterID,
+		Monitors:  strings.Split(monitors, ","),
+	}
+	clusterData.CephFS.SubvolumeGroup = subvolumeGroup
+	return clusterData, nil
 }
 
 // newVolumeOptions generates a new instance of volumeOptions from the provided
@@ -146,12 +151,16 @@ func newVolumeOptions(ctx context.Context, requestName string, req *csi.CreateVo
 	)
 
 	volOptions := req.GetParameters()
+	clusterData, err := getClusterInformation(volOptions)
 
-	opts.ClusterID, opts.Monitors, opts.SubvolumeGroup, err = getClusterInformation(volOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	opts.ClusterID = clusterData.ClusterID
+	opts.Monitors = strings.Join(clusterData.Monitors, ",")
+	opts.SubvolumeGroup = clusterData.CephFS.SubvolumeGroup
+
 	if err = extractOptionalOption(&opts.Pool, "pool", volOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -373,11 +382,16 @@ func newVolumeOptionsFromStaticVolume(volID string, options map[string]string) (
 	// store NOT of static boolean
 	opts.ProvisionVolume = !staticVol
 
-	opts.ClusterID, opts.Monitors, opts.SubvolumeGroup, err = getClusterInformation(options)
+	clusterData, err := getClusterInformation(options)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	opts.ClusterID = clusterData.ClusterID
+	opts.Monitors = strings.Join(clusterData.Monitors, ",")
+	opts.SubvolumeGroup = clusterData.CephFS.SubvolumeGroup
+
 	if err = extractOption(&opts.RootPath, "rootPath", options); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/util/csiconfig.go b/internal/util/csiconfig.go
index 4447d7224..5c49f49a5 100644
--- a/internal/util/csiconfig.go
+++ b/internal/util/csiconfig.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const (
 	defaultCsiSubvolumeGroup = "csi"
 )
 
-// clusterInfo strongly typed JSON spec for the above JSON structure
-type clusterInfo struct {
+// ClusterInfo strongly typed JSON spec for the below JSON structure
+type ClusterInfo struct {
 	// ClusterID is used for unique identification
 	ClusterID string `json:"clusterID"`
 	// Monitors is monitor list for corresponding cluster ID
@@ -58,29 +58,29 @@ type clusterInfo struct {
 // 	},
 // 	...
 // ]
-func readClusterInfo(pathToConfig, clusterID string) (clusterInfo, error) {
-	var config []clusterInfo
+func readClusterInfo(pathToConfig, clusterID string) (*ClusterInfo, error) {
+	var config []ClusterInfo
 
 	// #nosec
 	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(pathToConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("error fetching configuration for cluster ID (%s). (%s)", clusterID, err)
-		return clusterInfo{}, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	err = json.Unmarshal(content, &config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return clusterInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal failed: %v. raw buffer response: %s",
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal failed: %v. raw buffer response: %s",
 			err, string(content))
 	}
 
 	for _, cluster := range config {
 		if cluster.ClusterID == clusterID {
-			return cluster, nil
+			return &cluster, nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	return clusterInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("missing configuration for cluster ID (%s)", clusterID)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing configuration for cluster ID (%s)", clusterID)
 }
 
 // Mons returns a comma separated MON list from the csi config for the given clusterID