diff --git a/internal/rbd/errors.go b/internal/rbd/errors.go
index 2443b8797..afcc7a839 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/errors.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/errors.go
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@ var (
 	ErrMissingImageNameInVolID = errors.New("rbd image name information can not be empty in volID")
 	// ErrDecodeClusterIDFromMonsInVolID is returned when mons hash decoding on migration volID.
 	ErrDecodeClusterIDFromMonsInVolID = errors.New("failed to get clusterID from monitors hash in volID")
+	// ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound is returned when last sync time is not found for
+	// the image.
+	ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound = errors.New("last sync time not found")
 )
diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
index 1ea1796e9..7c63faa72 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
@@ -767,6 +767,11 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) GetVolumeReplicationInfo(ctx context.Context,
 	description := remoteStatus.Description
 	lastSyncTime, err := getLastSyncTime(description)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound) {
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "failed to get last sync time: %v", err)
+		}
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
+
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to get last sync time: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -804,13 +809,14 @@ func getLastSyncTime(description string) (*timestamppb.Timestamp, error) {
 	// description = "replaying,{"bytes_per_second":0.0,
 	// "bytes_per_snapshot":149504.0,"local_snapshot_timestamp":1662655501
 	// ,"remote_snapshot_timestamp":1662655501}"
-	// In case there is no local snapshot timestamp we can pass the default value
+	// In case there is no local snapshot timestamp return an error as the
+	// LastSyncTime is required.
 	if description == "" {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("empty description: %w", ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound)
 	}
 	splittedString := strings.SplitN(description, ",", 2)
 	if len(splittedString) == 1 {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no local snapshot timestamp: %w", ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound)
 	}
 	type localStatus struct {
 		LocalSnapshotTime int64 `json:"local_snapshot_timestamp"`
diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
index 7ea849cd1..fa7bae9e5 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func TestValidateLastSyncTime(t *testing.T) {
 			"empty description",
 			"",
 			nil,
-			"",
+			ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound.Error(),
 		},
 		{
 			"description without local_snapshot_timestamp",
@@ -467,13 +467,13 @@ func TestValidateLastSyncTime(t *testing.T) {
 			"description with invalid JSON",
 			`replaying,{"bytes_per_second":0.0,"bytes_per_snapshot":149504.0","remote_snapshot_timestamp":1662655501`,
 			nil,
-			"failed to unmarshal description",
+			"failed to unmarshal",
 		},
 		{
 			"description with no JSON",
 			`replaying`,
 			nil,
-			"",
+			ErrLastSyncTimeNotFound.Error(),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {