diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 50d7c4f73..04c5496ab 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func checkContentSource(
 		if volID == "" {
 			return nil, nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "volume ID cannot be empty")
 		}
-		rbdvol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+		rbdvol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to get backend image for %s: %v", volID, err)
 			if !errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
@@ -750,9 +750,9 @@ func checkContentSource(
 	return nil, nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "not a proper volume source")
 }
 
-// checkErrAndUndoReserve work on error from genVolFromVolID() and undo omap reserve.
+// checkErrAndUndoReserve work on error from GenVolFromVolID() and undo omap reserve.
 // Even-though volumeID is part of rbdVolume struct we take it as an arg here, the main reason
-// being, the volume id is getting filled from `genVolFromVolID->generateVolumeFromVolumeID` call path,
+// being, the volume id is getting filled from `GenVolFromVolID->generateVolumeFromVolumeID` call path,
 // and this function is operating on the error case/scenario of above call chain, so we can not rely
 // on the 'rbdvol->rbdimage->voldID' field.
 
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) DeleteVolume(
 		return &csi.DeleteVolumeResponse{}, nil
 	}
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, secrets)
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, secrets)
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		return cs.checkErrAndUndoReserve(ctx, err, volumeID, rbdVol, cr)
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) CreateSnapshot(
 	defer cr.DeleteCredentials()
 
 	// Fetch source volume information
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, req.GetSourceVolumeId(), cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, req.GetSourceVolumeId(), cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) ControllerExpandVolume(
 	}
 	defer cr.DeleteCredentials()
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 550ece80c..545f3365d 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -1145,9 +1145,11 @@ func generateVolumeFromVolumeID(
 	return rbdVol, err
 }
 
-// genVolFromVolID generates a rbdVolume structure from the provided identifier, updating
+// GenVolFromVolID generates a rbdVolume structure from the provided identifier, updating
 // the structure with elements from on-disk image metadata as well.
-func genVolFromVolID(
+//
+// nolint // returns non-exported *rbdVolume, which is fine
+func GenVolFromVolID(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	volumeID string,
 	cr *util.Credentials,
diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
index e99db7847..eaf79d7ba 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) EnableVolumeReplication(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	defer rs.VolumeLocks.Release(volumeID)
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) DisableVolumeReplication(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	defer rs.VolumeLocks.Release(volumeID)
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) PromoteVolume(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	defer rs.VolumeLocks.Release(volumeID)
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) DemoteVolume(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	defer rs.VolumeLocks.Release(volumeID)
 
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) ResyncVolume(ctx context.Context,
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Aborted, util.VolumeOperationAlreadyExistsFmt, volumeID)
 	}
 	defer rs.VolumeLocks.Release(volumeID)
-	rbdVol, err := genVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
+	rbdVol, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, volumeID, cr, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer rbdVol.Destroy()
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {