diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
index b3b09160d..482aecfca 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ spec:
             - "--v={{ .Values.logLevel }}"
             - "--timeout={{ .Values.provisioner.timeout }}"
             - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--extra-create-metadata=true"
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: "unix:///csi/{{ .Values.provisionerSocketFile }}"
diff --git a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 6c70f7ec5..ce364636a 100644
--- a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ spec:
             - "--v=5"
             - "--timeout=150s"
             - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--extra-create-metadata=true"
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: unix:///csi/csi-provisioner.sock