diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
index cc41c6fe0bd..1a39507422c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (r *rbdVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 	adminSecretNamespace := rbdDefaultAdminSecretNamespace
 	secretName := ""
 	secret := ""
-	imageFormat := rbdImageFormat1
+	imageFormat := rbdImageFormat2
 	fstype := ""
 
 	for k, v := range r.options.Parameters {