diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index 704a604ace4..6b14649b1d6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -1286,6 +1286,9 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DeleteVolume(vmDiskPath string) error {
 	// Create a virtual disk manager
 	virtualDiskManager := object.NewVirtualDiskManager(vs.client.Client)
 
+	if filepath.Ext(vmDiskPath) != ".vmdk" {
+		vmDiskPath += ".vmdk"
+	}
 	// Delete virtual disk
 	task, err := virtualDiskManager.DeleteVirtualDisk(ctx, vmDiskPath, dc)
 	if err != nil {