diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
index a2c604884af..6ef6109fd67 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers/vdm.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func (diskManager virtualDiskManager) Create(ctx context.Context, datastore *vcl
 	taskInfo, err := task.WaitForResult(ctx, nil)
 	vclib.RecordvSphereMetric(vclib.APICreateVolume, requestTime, err)
 	if err != nil {
+		if isAlreadyExists(diskManager.diskPath, err) {
+			// The disk already exists, log info message and return success
+			klog.V(vclib.LogLevel).Infof("File: %v already exists", diskManager.diskPath)
+			return diskManager.diskPath, nil
+		}
 		klog.Errorf("Failed to complete virtual disk creation: %s. err: %+v", diskManager.diskPath, err)
 		return "", err
 	}