diff --git a/pkg/cephfs/volume.go b/pkg/cephfs/volume.go
index bf4c22288..45f69a81c 100644
--- a/pkg/cephfs/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/cephfs/volume.go
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func createVolume(volOptions *volumeOptions, cr *util.Credentials, volID volumeI
 			"create",
 			volOptions.FsName,
 			csiSubvolumeGroup,
-			"--mode",
-			"777",
 			"-m", volOptions.Monitors,
 			"-c", util.CephConfigPath,
 			"-n", cephEntityClientPrefix+cr.ID,
@@ -107,6 +105,7 @@ func createVolume(volOptions *volumeOptions, cr *util.Credentials, volID volumeI
 		"--group_name",
 		csiSubvolumeGroup,
 		"--pool_layout", volOptions.Pool,
+		"--mode", "777",
 		"-m", volOptions.Monitors,
 		"-c", util.CephConfigPath,
 		"-n", cephEntityClientPrefix+cr.ID,