diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/BUILD b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/BUILD
index 3b01aca2412..b391fce2246 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/authentication/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller.go b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller.go
index c81b3fdc89e..7d4e833a558 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package expand
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"time"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	authenticationv1 "k8s.io/api/authentication/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ func (expc *expandController) syncHandler(key string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	pv, err := getPersistentVolume(pvc, expc.pvLister)
+	pv, err := expc.getPersistentVolume(pvc)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.V(5).Infof("Error getting Persistent Volume for PVC %q (uid: %q) from informer : %v", util.GetPersistentVolumeClaimQualifiedName(pvc), pvc.UID, err)
 		return err
@@ -335,12 +337,12 @@ func (expc *expandController) runWorker() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getPersistentVolume(pvc *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, pvLister corelisters.PersistentVolumeLister) (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
+func (expc *expandController) getPersistentVolume(pvc *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim) (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 	volumeName := pvc.Spec.VolumeName
-	pv, err := pvLister.Get(volumeName)
+	pv, err := expc.kubeClient.CoreV1().PersistentVolumes().Get(context.TODO(), volumeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find PV %q in PV informer cache with error : %v", volumeName, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get PV %q: %v", volumeName, err)
 	}
 
 	return pv.DeepCopy(), nil
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller_test.go
index 1ddc70a1592..e0d0a52c7c4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/expand/expand_controller_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	storagev1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ func TestSyncHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil, nil
 		})
 
+		if test.pv != nil {
+			fakeKubeClient.AddReactor("get", "persistentvolumes", func(action coretesting.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+				return true, test.pv, nil
+			})
+		}
 		fakeKubeClient.AddReactor("patch", "persistentvolumeclaims", func(action coretesting.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
 			if action.GetSubresource() == "status" {
 				patchActionaction, _ := action.(coretesting.PatchAction)
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
index 3e9be0d5144..1346feb19bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volume_expand.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ const (
 	resizePollInterval = 2 * time.Second
 	// total time to wait for cloudprovider or file system resize to finish
 	totalResizeWaitPeriod = 10 * time.Minute
+
+	// resizedPodStartupTimeout defines time we should wait for pod that uses offline
+	// resized volume to startup. This time is higher than default PodStartTimeout because
+	// typically time to detach and then attach a volume is amortized in this time duration.
+	resizedPodStartupTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
+
 	// time to wait for PVC conditions to sync
 	pvcConditionSyncPeriod = 2 * time.Minute
 )
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@ func (v *volumeExpandTestSuite) DefineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatte
 				SeLinuxLabel:  e2epv.SELinuxLabel,
 				NodeSelection: l.config.ClientNodeSelection,
 			}
-			l.pod2, err = e2epod.CreateSecPodWithNodeSelection(f.ClientSet, &podConfig, framework.PodStartTimeout)
+			l.pod2, err = e2epod.CreateSecPodWithNodeSelection(f.ClientSet, &podConfig, resizedPodStartupTimeout)
 			defer func() {
 				err = e2epod.DeletePodWithWait(f.ClientSet, l.pod2)
 				framework.ExpectNoError(err, "while cleaning up pod before exiting resizing test")