diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 426cea4b3b1..e135bb277b7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -904,8 +904,6 @@ func validateQuobyteVolumeSource(quobyte *core.QuobyteVolumeSource, fldPath *fie
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if len(quobyte.Registry) == 0 {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("registry"), "must be a host:port pair or multiple pairs separated by commas"))
-	} else if len(quobyte.Tenant) == 0 {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("tenant"), "must be a UUID provided by the configuration and may not be omitted "))
 	} else if len(quobyte.Tenant) >= 65 {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("tenant"), "must be a UUID and may not exceed a length of 64 characters"))
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index 8be54ccd507..55d43df50b6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -3659,16 +3659,12 @@ func TestValidateVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: "quobyte",
 				VolumeSource: core.VolumeSource{
 					Quobyte: &core.QuobyteVolumeSource{
-						Registry: "registry:7861,reg2",
+						Registry: "registry:7861",
 						Volume:   "/test",
 						Tenant:   "",
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			errs: []verr{{
-				etype: field.ErrorTypeRequired,
-				field: "quobyte.tenant",
-			}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "too long tenant quobyte",
@@ -3676,7 +3672,7 @@ func TestValidateVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: "quobyte",
 				VolumeSource: core.VolumeSource{
 					Quobyte: &core.QuobyteVolumeSource{
-						Registry: "registry:7861,reg2",
+						Registry: "registry:7861",
 						Volume:   "/test",
 						Tenant:   "this is too long to be a valid uuid so this test has to fail on the maximum length validation of the tenant.",
 					},