diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
index bba91272a..16ddd5d1a 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/provisioner-deployment.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ spec:
             - "--v={{ .Values.sidecarLogLevel }}"
             - "--timeout={{ .Values.provisioner.timeout }}"
             - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--extra-create-metadata=true"
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: "unix:///csi/{{ .Values.provisionerSocketFile }}"
diff --git a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 9aa3512ac..d6d2d1caa 100644
--- a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ spec:
             - "--v=1"
             - "--timeout=150s"
             - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--extra-create-metadata=true"
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: unix:///csi/csi-provisioner.sock