diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
index 37cc11cffeb..c49caa51b65 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
@@ -2083,6 +2083,11 @@ func (og *operationGenerator) checkForRecoveryFromExpansion(pvc *v1.PersistentVo
 	featureGateStatus := utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure)
 
 	if !featureGateStatus {
+		// even though RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure feature-gate is disabled, we should consider it enabled
+		// if resizeStatus is not empty or allocatedresources is set
+		if resizeStatus != "" || allocatedResource != nil {
+			return true
+		}
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator_test.go b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator_test.go
index 7bf0dabd38b..bf3c8e4e94e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator_test.go
@@ -402,6 +402,109 @@ func TestExpandDuringMount(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+func TestCheckForRecoveryFromExpansion(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                  string
+		pvc                   *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		featureGateEnabled    bool
+		expectedRecoveryCheck bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "feature gate disabled, no resize status or allocated resources",
+			pvc: &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc-1",
+				},
+				Status: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					AllocatedResourceStatuses: nil,
+					AllocatedResources:        nil,
+				},
+			},
+			featureGateEnabled:    false,
+			expectedRecoveryCheck: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "feature gate disabled, resize status set",
+			pvc: &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc-2",
+				},
+				Status: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					AllocatedResourceStatuses: map[v1.ResourceName]v1.ClaimResourceStatus{
+						v1.ResourceStorage: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizePending,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			featureGateEnabled:    false,
+			expectedRecoveryCheck: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "feature gate enabled, resize status and allocated resources set",
+			pvc: &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc-3",
+				},
+				Status: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					AllocatedResourceStatuses: map[v1.ResourceName]v1.ClaimResourceStatus{
+						v1.ResourceStorage: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizePending,
+					},
+					AllocatedResources: v1.ResourceList{
+						v1.ResourceStorage: resource.MustParse("10Gi"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			featureGateEnabled:    true,
+			expectedRecoveryCheck: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "feature gate enabled, no resize status or allocated resources",
+			pvc: &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc-4",
+				},
+				Status: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					AllocatedResourceStatuses: nil,
+					AllocatedResources:        nil,
+				},
+			},
+			featureGateEnabled:    true,
+			expectedRecoveryCheck: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "feature gate enabled, older external resize controller",
+			pvc: &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-pvc-5",
+				},
+				Status: v1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{
+					AllocatedResourceStatuses: nil,
+					AllocatedResources:        nil,
+				},
+			},
+			featureGateEnabled:    true,
+			expectedRecoveryCheck: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure, test.featureGateEnabled)
+
+			pod := getTestPod("test-pod", test.pvc.Name)
+			pv := getTestPV("test-vol0", "2G")
+			og := &operationGenerator{}
+
+			vmt := VolumeToMount{
+				Pod:        pod,
+				VolumeName: v1.UniqueVolumeName(pv.Name),
+				VolumeSpec: volume.NewSpecFromPersistentVolume(pv, false),
+			}
+			result := og.checkForRecoveryFromExpansion(test.pvc, vmt)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedRecoveryCheck, result, "unexpected recovery check result for test: %s", test.name)
+		})
+	}
+}
 
 func getTestPod(podName, pvcName string) *v1.Pod {
 	return &v1.Pod{