diff --git a/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
index 74a3684310d..81d74b188b7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ var ValidateCSIDriverName = apimachineryvalidation.NameIsDNSSubdomain
 // ValidateCSIDriver validates a CSIDriver.
 func ValidateCSIDriver(csiDriver *storage.CSIDriver) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := apivalidation.ValidateObjectMeta(&csiDriver.ObjectMeta, false, ValidateCSIDriverName, field.NewPath("metadata"))
-	// We have an additional name check to verify the length and lowercase the name
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidateCSIDriverName(csiDriver.Name, field.NewPath("name"))...)
 
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateCSIDriverSpec(&csiDriver.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))...)
 	return allErrs