diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
index 8b8857bdbd1..5d8949d01b1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/mount_linux.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+        "k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 	utilio "k8s.io/utils/io"
 )
@@ -439,6 +439,11 @@ func (mounter *SafeFormatAndMount) formatAndMountSensitive(source string, target
 				"-m0", // Zero blocks reserved for super-user
 				source,
 			}
+		} else if fstype == "xfs" {
+			args = []string{
+				"-f",  // force flag
+				source,
+			}
 		}
 
 		klog.Infof("Disk %q appears to be unformatted, attempting to format as type: %q with options: %v", source, fstype, args)