diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index b20c439de..4f9d535ac 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -222,11 +222,21 @@ func checkValidCreateVolumeRequest(rbdVol, parentVol *rbdVolume, rbdSnap *rbdSna
 		if err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "cannot restore from snapshot %s: %s", rbdSnap, err.Error())
 		}
+
+		err = rbdSnap.isCompatibleThickProvision(rbdVol)
+		if err != nil {
+			return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "cannot restore from snapshot %s: %s", rbdSnap, err.Error())
+		}
 	case parentVol != nil:
 		err = parentVol.isCompatibleEncryption(&rbdVol.rbdImage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "cannot clone from volume %s: %s", parentVol, err.Error())
 		}
+
+		err = parentVol.isCompatibleThickProvision(rbdVol)
+		if err != nil {
+			return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "cannot clone from volume %s: %s", parentVol, err.Error())
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 2276862b7..ae6c769bc 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -1613,3 +1613,19 @@ func (ri *rbdImage) isCompatibleEncryption(dst *rbdImage) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (ri *rbdImage) isCompatibleThickProvision(dst *rbdVolume) error {
+	thick, err := ri.isThickProvisioned()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch {
+	case thick && !dst.ThickProvision:
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create thin volume from thick volume %q", ri)
+
+	case !thick && dst.ThickProvision:
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create thick volume from thin volume %q", ri)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}