diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
index 8e75dd28f32..a18df61916d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/component-helpers/storage/ephemeral"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
@@ -315,8 +317,12 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(
 		} else {
 			klog.V(4).InfoS("Added volume to desired state", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "volumeName", podVolume.Name, "volumeSpecName", volumeSpec.Name())
 		}
-		// sync reconstructed volume
-		dswp.actualStateOfWorld.SyncReconstructedVolume(uniqueVolumeName, uniquePodName, podVolume.Name)
+		if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod) {
+			// sync reconstructed volume. This is necessary only when the old-style reconstruction is still used.
+			// With reconstruct_new.go, AWS.MarkVolumeAsMounted will update the outer spec name of previously
+			// uncertain volumes.
+			dswp.actualStateOfWorld.SyncReconstructedVolume(uniqueVolumeName, uniquePodName, podVolume.Name)
+		}
 
 		dswp.checkVolumeFSResize(pod, podVolume, pvc, volumeSpec, uniquePodName, mountedVolumesForPod)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
index aec172bf994..0bc65bd8734 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func prepareDswpWithVolume(t *testing.T) (*desiredStateOfWorldPopulator, kubepod
 }
 
 func TestFindAndAddNewPods_WithRescontructedVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	// Outer volume spec replacement is needed only when the old volume reconstruction is used
+	// (i.e. with SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod disabled)
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod, false)()
 	// create dswp
 	dswp, fakePodManager := prepareDswpWithVolume(t)