diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD b/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
index c8968b6c9c7..7cb9d1cf3a1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/BUILD
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/informers/externalversions:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/csi/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/listers/csi/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi/v0:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
index 96bef31397e..04347924edd 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	csiapiinformer "k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
 	csiinformer "k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/csi/v1alpha1"
+	csilister "k8s.io/csi-api/pkg/client/listers/csi/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/csi/labelmanager"
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ const (
 type csiPlugin struct {
 	host              volume.VolumeHost
 	blockEnabled      bool
+	csiDriverLister   csilister.CSIDriverLister
 	csiDriverInformer csiinformer.CSIDriverInformer
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ func (p *csiPlugin) Init(host volume.VolumeHost) error {
 		// Start informer for CSIDrivers.
 		factory := csiapiinformer.NewSharedInformerFactory(csiClient, csiResyncPeriod)
 		p.csiDriverInformer = factory.Csi().V1alpha1().CSIDrivers()
+		p.csiDriverLister = p.csiDriverInformer.Lister()
 		go factory.Start(wait.NeverStop)
 	}