diff --git a/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go b/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
index ca3ce0357..736ec63f9 100644
--- a/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateS
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.NotFound, fmt.Sprintf("Source Volume ID %s cannot found", req.GetSourceVolumeId()))
 	}
+	if !hasSnapshotFeature(rbdVolume.ImageFeatures) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Volume(%s) has not snapshot feature(layering)", req.GetSourceVolumeId())
+	}
+
 	rbdSnap.VolName = rbdVolume.VolName
 	rbdSnap.SnapName = snapName
 	snapshotID := "csi-rbd-" + rbdVolume.VolName + "-snap-" + uniqueID
diff --git a/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go b/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 7b0c386f6..e2682b032 100644
--- a/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/pkg/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ func getRBDSnapshotOptions(snapOptions map[string]string) (*rbdSnapshot, error)
 	return rbdSnap, nil
 }
 
+func hasSnapshotFeature(imageFeatures string) bool {
+	arr := strings.Split(imageFeatures, ",")
+	for _, f := range arr {
+		if f == "layering" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func attachRBDImage(volOptions *rbdVolume, userId string, credentials map[string]string) (string, error) {
 	var err error
 	var output []byte