diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/util.go b/pkg/volume/util/util.go
index 05415215b16..601dc646013 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/util.go
@@ -709,11 +709,15 @@ func HasMountRefs(mountPath string, mountRefs []string) bool {
 func WriteVolumeCache(deviceMountPath string, exec utilexec.Interface) error {
 	// If runtime os is windows, execute Write-VolumeCache powershell command on the disk
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("Get-Volume -FilePath %s | Write-Volumecache", deviceMountPath)
-		output, err := exec.Command("powershell", "/c", cmd).CombinedOutput()
-		klog.Infof("command (%q) execeuted: %v, output: %q", cmd, err, string(output))
+		cmdString := "Get-Volume -FilePath $env:mountpath | Write-Volumecache"
+		cmd := exec.Command("powershell", "/c", cmdString)
+		env := append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("mountpath=%s", deviceMountPath))
+		cmd.SetEnv(env)
+		klog.V(8).Infof("Executing command: %q", cmdString)
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		klog.Infof("command (%q) execeuted: %v, output: %q", cmdString, err, string(output))
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("command (%q) failed: %v, output: %q", cmd, err, string(output))
+			return fmt.Errorf("command (%q) failed: %v, output: %q", cmdString, err, string(output))
 		}
 	}
 	// For linux runtime, it skips because unmount will automatically flush disk data
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
index e5a03ecff83..02a963b1b1f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows.go
@@ -287,14 +287,20 @@ func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMountSensitive(source string, target
 		fstype = "NTFS"
 	}
 
-	// format disk if it is unformatted(raw)
-	formatOptionsUnwrapped := ""
 	if len(formatOptions) > 0 {
-		formatOptionsUnwrapped = " " + strings.Join(formatOptions, " ")
+		return fmt.Errorf("diskMount: formatOptions are not supported on Windows")
 	}
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("Get-Disk -Number %s | Where partitionstyle -eq 'raw' | Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT -PassThru"+
-		" | New-Partition -UseMaximumSize | Format-Volume -FileSystem %s -Confirm:$false%s", source, fstype, formatOptionsUnwrapped)
-	if output, err := mounter.Exec.Command("powershell", "/c", cmd).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+
+	cmdString := "Get-Disk -Number $env:source | Where partitionstyle -eq 'raw' | Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT -PassThru" +
+		" | New-Partition -UseMaximumSize | Format-Volume -FileSystem $env:fstype -Confirm:$false"
+	cmd := mounter.Exec.Command("powershell", "/c", cmdString)
+	env := append(os.Environ(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("source=%s", source),
+		fmt.Sprintf("fstype=%s", fstype),
+	)
+	cmd.SetEnv(env)
+	klog.V(8).Infof("Executing command: %q", cmdString)
+	if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("diskMount: format disk failed, error: %v, output: %q", err, string(output))
 	}
 	klog.V(4).Infof("diskMount: Disk successfully formatted, disk: %q, fstype: %q", source, fstype)
@@ -310,8 +316,10 @@ func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMountSensitive(source string, target
 // ListVolumesOnDisk - returns back list of volumes(volumeIDs) in the disk (requested in diskID).
 func ListVolumesOnDisk(diskID string) (volumeIDs []string, err error) {
 	// If a Disk has multiple volumes, Get-Volume may not return items in the same order.
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("(Get-Disk -DeviceId %s | Get-Partition | Get-Volume | Sort-Object -Property UniqueId).UniqueId", diskID)
-	output, err := exec.Command("powershell", "/c", cmd).CombinedOutput()
+	cmd := exec.Command("powershell", "/c", "(Get-Disk -DeviceId $env:diskID | Get-Partition | Get-Volume | Sort-Object -Property UniqueId).UniqueId")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("diskID=%s", diskID))
+	klog.V(8).Infof("Executing command: %q", cmd.String())
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	klog.V(4).Infof("ListVolumesOnDisk id from %s: %s", diskID, string(output))
 	if err != nil {
 		return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("error list volumes on disk. cmd: %s, output: %s, error: %v", cmd, string(output), err)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
index 226af98e618..83c91b2851f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_windows_test.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func TestFormatAndMount(t *testing.T) {
 			Exec:      fakeExec,
 		}
 		target := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), test.target)
-		err = mounter.FormatAndMount(test.device, target, test.fstype, test.mountOptions)
+		err := mounter.FormatAndMount(test.device, target, test.fstype, test.mountOptions)
 		if test.expectError {
 			assert.NotNil(t, err, "Expect error during FormatAndMount(%s, %s, %s, %v)", test.device, test.target, test.fstype, test.mountOptions)
 		} else {