diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_common.go b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_common.go
index eda01590738..02de0e1c1ed 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_common.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_dd/azure_common.go
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultFSType             = "ext4"
-	defaultStorageAccountType = storage.StandardLRS
-	defaultAzureDiskKind      = v1.AzureSharedBlobDisk
+	defaultFSType                   = "ext4"
+	defaultStorageAccountType       = storage.StandardLRS
+	defaultAzureDiskKind            = v1.AzureSharedBlobDisk
+	defaultAzureDataDiskCachingMode = v1.AzureDataDiskCachingNone
 )
 
 type dataDisk struct {
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ func normalizeStorageAccountType(storageAccountType string) (storage.SkuName, er
 
 func normalizeCachingMode(cachingMode v1.AzureDataDiskCachingMode) (v1.AzureDataDiskCachingMode, error) {
 	if cachingMode == "" {
-		return v1.AzureDataDiskCachingReadWrite, nil
+		return defaultAzureDataDiskCachingMode, nil
 	}
 
 	if !supportedCachingModes.Has(string(cachingMode)) {