diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_file.go b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_file.go
index 08b02a782f6..77196a15e6c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_file.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_file.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ var _ volume.ExpandableVolumePlugin = &azureFilePlugin{}
 
 const (
 	azureFilePluginName     = "kubernetes.io/azure-file"
-	defaultSecretNamespace  = "default"
 	minimumPremiumShareSize = 100 // GB
 )
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func (plugin *azureFilePlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, defaultSecretNamespace)
+	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, pod.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Log-and-continue instead of returning an error for now
 		// due to unspecified backwards compatibility concerns (a subject to revise)
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ func (plugin *azureFilePlugin) ExpandVolumeDevice(
 		resourceGroup = spec.PersistentVolume.ObjectMeta.Annotations[resourceGroupAnnotation]
 	}
 
-	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, defaultSecretNamespace)
+	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.ClaimRef.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return oldSize, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
index a9dc31b6909..57e8cd17110 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (plugin *azureFilePlugin) newDeleterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, util azureU
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid PV spec")
 	}
 
-	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, defaultSecretNamespace)
+	secretName, secretNamespace, err := getSecretNameAndNamespace(spec, spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.ClaimRef.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}