diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
index 6ef6109fd67..d0155ae258b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (diskManager virtualDiskManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, datacenter *vc
 	}
 	err = task.Wait(ctx)
 	vclib.RecordvSphereMetric(vclib.APIDeleteVolume, requestTime, err)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !types.IsFileNotFound(err) {
 		klog.Errorf("Failed to delete virtual disk. err: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}