diff --git a/pkg/volume/volume_linux.go b/pkg/volume/volume_linux.go
index 17a1d3ef738..5c46e67cd26 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/volume_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/volume_linux.go
@@ -89,32 +89,22 @@ func legacyOwnershipChange(mounter Mounter, fsGroup *int64) error {
 }
 
 func changeFilePermission(filename string, fsGroup *int64, readonly bool, info os.FileInfo) error {
-	// chown and chmod pass through to the underlying file for symlinks.
+	err := os.Lchown(filename, -1, int(*fsGroup))
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("Lchown failed on %v: %v", filename, err)
+	}
+
+	// chmod passes through to the underlying file for symlinks.
 	// Symlinks have a mode of 777 but this really doesn't mean anything.
 	// The permissions of the underlying file are what matter.
 	// However, if one reads the mode of a symlink then chmods the symlink
 	// with that mode, it changes the mode of the underlying file, overridden
 	// the defaultMode and permissions initialized by the volume plugin, which
-	// is not what we want; thus, we skip chown/chmod for symlinks.
+	// is not what we want; thus, we skip chmod for symlinks.
 	if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	stat, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if stat == nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Got nil stat_t for path %v while setting ownership of volume", filename)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := os.Chown(filename, int(stat.Uid), int(*fsGroup))
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Chown failed on %v: %v", filename, err)
-	}
-
 	mask := rwMask
 	if readonly {
 		mask = roMask