diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
index 8077b5583e6..db45b8e1935 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package vclib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -362,12 +363,14 @@ func (vm *VirtualMachine) getVirtualDeviceByPath(ctx context.Context, diskPath s
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to get the devices for VM: %q. err: %+v", vm.InventoryPath, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	// filter vm devices to retrieve device for the given vmdk file identified by disk path
 	for _, device := range vmDevices {
 		if vmDevices.TypeName(device) == "VirtualDisk" {
 			virtualDevice := device.GetVirtualDevice()
 			if backing, ok := virtualDevice.Backing.(*types.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo); ok {
-				if backing.FileName == diskPath {
+				if matchVirtualDiskAndVolPath(backing.FileName, diskPath) {
+					glog.V(LogLevel).Infof("Found VirtualDisk backing with filename %q for diskPath %q", backing.FileName, diskPath)
 					return device, nil
 				}
 			}
@@ -376,6 +379,13 @@ func (vm *VirtualMachine) getVirtualDeviceByPath(ctx context.Context, diskPath s
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func matchVirtualDiskAndVolPath(diskPath, volPath string) bool {
+	fileExt := ".vmdk"
+	diskPath = strings.TrimSuffix(diskPath, fileExt)
+	volPath = strings.TrimSuffix(volPath, fileExt)
+	return diskPath == volPath
+}
+
 // deleteController removes latest added SCSI controller from VM.
 func (vm *VirtualMachine) deleteController(ctx context.Context, controllerDevice types.BaseVirtualDevice, vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList) error {
 	controllerDeviceList := vmDevices.SelectByType(controllerDevice)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index 6ed9bce8808..94f9b5019c4 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (b
 			glog.Errorf("Failed to get VM object for node: %q. err: +%v", vSphereInstance, err)
 			return false, err
 		}
+
 		volPath = vclib.RemoveStorageClusterORFolderNameFromVDiskPath(volPath)
 		attached, err := vm.IsDiskAttached(ctx, volPath)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (b
 				volPath,
 				vSphereInstance)
 		}
+		glog.V(4).Infof("DiskIsAttached result: %q and error: %q, for volume: %q", attached, err, volPath)
 		return attached, err
 	}
 	requestTime := time.Now()