diff --git a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control.go b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control.go
index eff625d7068..b995d0892f5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (spc *realStatefulPodControl) recordClaimEvent(verb string, set *apps.State
 func (spc *realStatefulPodControl) createPersistentVolumeClaims(set *apps.StatefulSet, pod *v1.Pod) error {
 	var errs []error
 	for _, claim := range getPersistentVolumeClaims(set, pod) {
-		_, err := spc.pvcLister.PersistentVolumeClaims(claim.Namespace).Get(claim.Name)
+		pvc, err := spc.pvcLister.PersistentVolumeClaims(claim.Namespace).Get(claim.Name)
 		switch {
 		case apierrors.IsNotFound(err):
 			_, err := spc.client.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(claim.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), &claim, metav1.CreateOptions{})
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ func (spc *realStatefulPodControl) createPersistentVolumeClaims(set *apps.Statef
 		case err != nil:
 			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve PVC %s: %s", claim.Name, err))
 			spc.recordClaimEvent("create", set, pod, &claim, err)
+		case err == nil:
+			if pvc.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("pvc %s is being deleted", claim.Name))
+			}
 		}
 		// TODO: Check resource requirements and accessmodes, update if necessary
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control_test.go b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control_test.go
index 8c924e8c0a1..b4403b06a59 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_pod_control_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/install"
@@ -128,6 +130,42 @@ func TestStatefulPodControlCreatePodPvcCreateFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+func TestStatefulPodControlCreatePodPvcDeleting(t *testing.T) {
+	recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(10)
+	set := newStatefulSet(3)
+	pod := newStatefulSetPod(set, 0)
+	fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+	pvcs := getPersistentVolumeClaims(set, pod)
+	pvcIndexer := cache.NewIndexer(cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc})
+	deleteTime := time.Date(2019, time.January, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	for k := range pvcs {
+		pvc := pvcs[k]
+		pvc.DeletionTimestamp = &metav1.Time{Time: deleteTime}
+		pvcIndexer.Add(&pvc)
+	}
+	pvcLister := corelisters.NewPersistentVolumeClaimLister(pvcIndexer)
+	control := NewRealStatefulPodControl(fakeClient, nil, nil, pvcLister, recorder)
+	fakeClient.AddReactor("create", "persistentvolumeclaims", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+		create := action.(core.CreateAction)
+		return true, create.GetObject(), nil
+	})
+	fakeClient.AddReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+		create := action.(core.CreateAction)
+		return true, create.GetObject(), nil
+	})
+	if err := control.CreateStatefulPod(set, pod); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Failed to produce error on deleting PVC")
+	}
+	events := collectEvents(recorder.Events)
+	if eventCount := len(events); eventCount != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Deleting PVC: got %d events, but want 1", eventCount)
+	}
+	for i := range events {
+		if !strings.Contains(events[i], v1.EventTypeWarning) {
+			t.Errorf("Found unexpected non-warning event %s", events[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 type fakeIndexer struct {
 	cache.Indexer