diff --git a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/BUILD b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/BUILD
index b888ced7f94..4d377205920 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/aws_ebs.go b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/aws_ebs.go
index 77dce23966f..6a046d7654b 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/aws_ebs.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/aws_ebs/aws_ebs.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	kstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ func (c *awsElasticBlockStoreProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, err
 			Name:   c.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "aws-ebs-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "aws-ebs-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/BUILD b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/BUILD
index e940d4fbf54..acc86be9767 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/arm/compute:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_provision.go b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_provision.go
index 2cb7613d6e4..71679b5fcf8 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_provision.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_provision.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 var _ volume.DeletableVolumePlugin = &azureDataDiskPlugin{}
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ func (a *azureDiskProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   a.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "azure-disk-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "azure-disk-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_file/BUILD b/pkg/volume/azure_file/BUILD
index a8dae8d50fd..577d65b69f2 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_file/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_file/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
index 46a483e6b97..1020b60cc84 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure"
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 var _ volume.DeletableVolumePlugin = &azureFilePlugin{}
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func (a *azureFileProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   a.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "azure-file-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "azure-file-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/BUILD b/pkg/volume/cinder/BUILD
index 30e6822573a..a09e56a4dc1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/BUILD
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
index 10f27e36100..fc6fbee01a1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ func (c *cinderVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   c.options.PVName,
 			Labels: labels,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "cinder-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "cinder-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flocker/BUILD b/pkg/volume/flocker/BUILD
index 1765ad2040d..a7fa8593ac3 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flocker/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/flocker/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/clusterhq/flocker-go:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_volume.go b/pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_volume.go
index 46d01d5b9f6..703ae6f6815 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flocker/flocker_volume.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 type volumeManager interface {
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func (c *flockerVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   c.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "flocker-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "flocker-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/BUILD b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/BUILD
index f52edac1499..b1cd654277e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_pd.go b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_pd.go
index 069a7f20a40..9abb1982a3d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_pd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/gce_pd/gce_pd.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ func (c *gcePersistentDiskProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error)
 			Name:   c.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "gce-pd-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "gce-pd-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go b/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
index 3fbf2933313..0cb6a2df582 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/glusterfs/glusterfs.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (plugin *glusterfsPlugin) NewMounter(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, _ volu
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get endpoint %s, error %v", epName, err)
 		}
 		glog.Errorf("glusterfs: failed to get endpoint %s[%v]", epName, err)
-		if spec != nil && spec.PersistentVolume.Annotations["kubernetes.io/createdby"] == heketiAnn {
+		if spec != nil && spec.PersistentVolume.Annotations[volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey] == heketiAnn {
 			class, err := volutil.GetClassForVolume(plugin.host.GetKubeClient(), spec.PersistentVolume)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("glusterfs: failed to get storageclass, error: %v", err)
@@ -862,11 +862,11 @@ func (p *glusterfsVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 	gidStr := strconv.FormatInt(int64(gid), 10)
 
 	pv.Annotations = map[string]string{
-		volumehelper.VolumeGidAnnotationKey: gidStr,
-		"kubernetes.io/createdby":           heketiAnn,
-		glusterTypeAnn:                      "file",
-		"Description":                       glusterDescAnn,
-		v1.MountOptionAnnotation:            "auto_unmount",
+		volumehelper.VolumeGidAnnotationKey:        gidStr,
+		volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: heketiAnn,
+		glusterTypeAnn:                             "file",
+		"Description":                              glusterDescAnn,
+		v1.MountOptionAnnotation:                   "auto_unmount",
 	}
 
 	pv.Spec.Capacity = v1.ResourceList{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/BUILD b/pkg/volume/host_path/BUILD
index 004b988e267..0d0776dd567 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/host_path/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
index df94a9b6a30..41d234a5ef6 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ func (r *hostPathProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: r.options.PVName,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "hostpath-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "hostpath-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/BUILD b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/BUILD
index 6f4dca51f5f..21daa033fe9 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/photon_pd.go b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/photon_pd.go
index 5a1783a78ce..e5cd8ca09be 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/photon_pd/photon_pd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/photon_pd/photon_pd.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ func (p *photonPersistentDiskProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, err
 			Name:   p.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "photon-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "photon-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/portworx/BUILD b/pkg/volume/portworx/BUILD
index 8c6747b53c5..68899c10619 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/portworx/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/portworx/BUILD
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/mount:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/libopenstorage/openstorage/api:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/libopenstorage/openstorage/api/client:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/portworx/portworx.go b/pkg/volume/portworx/portworx.go
index c63a237adb3..9d5a6123aa4 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/portworx/portworx.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/portworx/portworx.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	kstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ func (c *portworxVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   c.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "portworx-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "portworx-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/quobyte/BUILD b/pkg/volume/quobyte/BUILD
index 15ba87ec8b6..fdd3da86c88 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/quobyte/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/quobyte/BUILD
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/pborman/uuid:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/quobyte/api:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go b/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
index 7f14568148b..9afc91903b8 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // ProbeVolumePlugins is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ func (provisioner *quobyteVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	pv := new(v1.PersistentVolume)
+	metav1.SetMetaDataAnnotation(&pv.ObjectMeta, volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey, "quobyte-dynamic-provisioner")
 	pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource.Quobyte = vol
 	pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy = provisioner.options.PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy
 	pv.Spec.AccessModes = provisioner.options.PVC.Spec.AccessModes
diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/BUILD b/pkg/volume/rbd/BUILD
index df8575e0f5a..e79c795b5b3 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/BUILD
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
index 240b10773b9..4532c311b68 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ func (r *rbdVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 	}
 	glog.Infof("successfully created rbd image %q", image)
 	pv := new(v1.PersistentVolume)
+	metav1.SetMetaDataAnnotation(&pv.ObjectMeta, volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey, "rbd-dynamic-provisioner")
 	rbd.SecretRef = new(v1.LocalObjectReference)
 	rbd.SecretRef.Name = secretName
 	rbd.RadosUser = r.Id
diff --git a/pkg/volume/scaleio/BUILD b/pkg/volume/scaleio/BUILD
index 380d6f4bba2..99d375f8de3 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/scaleio/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/scaleio/BUILD
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/codedellemc/goscaleio:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/codedellemc/goscaleio/types/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
index 8ff53049d31..979ca57d843 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/scaleio/sio_volume.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	kstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 type sioVolume struct {
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ func (v *sioVolume) Provision() (*api.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Namespace: v.options.PVC.Namespace,
 			Labels:    map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "scaleio-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "scaleio-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/testing/BUILD b/pkg/volume/testing/BUILD
index 108dc96197a..8615e10f87c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/testing/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/testing/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/mount:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/mock:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go b/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
index 6c809c987cb..95ee00c2aad 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	. "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // fakeVolumeHost is useful for testing volume plugins.
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ func (fc *FakeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: fc.Options.PVName,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "fakeplugin-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "fakeplugin-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper/volumehelper.go b/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper/volumehelper.go
index f667af25f50..afb5bd5b57f 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper/volumehelper.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper/volumehelper.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ const (
 	// VolumeGidAnnotationKey is the of the annotation on the PersistentVolume
 	// object that specifies a supplemental GID.
 	VolumeGidAnnotationKey = "pv.beta.kubernetes.io/gid"
+
+	// VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey is the key of the annotation on PersistentVolume
+	// object created dynamically
+	VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey = "kubernetes.io/createdby"
 )
 
 // GetUniquePodName returns a unique identifier to reference a pod by
diff --git a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/BUILD b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/BUILD
index 681fbc054d7..aeb826e0c62 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/util/volumehelper:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/vsphere_volume.go b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/vsphere_volume.go
index e466fc373e1..ce513832cd2 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/vsphere_volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/vsphere_volume.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/volumehelper"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ func (v *vsphereVolumeProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 			Name:   v.options.PVName,
 			Labels: map[string]string{},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/createdby": "vsphere-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
+				volumehelper.VolumeDynamicallyCreatedByKey: "vsphere-volume-dynamic-provisioner",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{