diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler_test.go
index bf909d4871a..8fc21c7d5d7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler_test.go
@@ -1279,6 +1279,16 @@ func Test_Run_Positive_VolumeFSResizeControllerAttachEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 			newPVSize:       resource.MustParse("15G"),
 			oldPVSize:       resource.MustParse("13G"),
 		},
+		{
+			name:            "expand-fs-volume with unsupported error",
+			volumeMode:      &fsMode,
+			expansionFailed: false,
+			pvName:          volumetesting.FailWithUnSupportedVolumeName,
+			pvcSize:         resource.MustParse("10G"),
+			pvcStatusSize:   resource.MustParse("10G"),
+			newPVSize:       resource.MustParse("15G"),
+			oldPVSize:       resource.MustParse("13G"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/expander.go b/pkg/volume/csi/expander.go
index 408780582f1..d6aae060101 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/expander.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/expander.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *csiPlugin) nodeExpandWithClient(
 	}
 
 	if !nodeExpandSet {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("Expander.NodeExpand found CSI plugin %s/%s to not support node expansion", c.GetPluginName(), driverName)
+		return false, volumetypes.NewOperationNotSupportedError(fmt.Sprintf("NodeExpand is not supported by the CSI driver %s", driverName))
 	}
 
 	pv := resizeOptions.VolumeSpec.PersistentVolume
diff --git a/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go b/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
index f0d4cc48175..4607500c70e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/testing/testing.go
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ const (
 	SuccessAndFailOnMountDeviceName = "success-and-failed-mount-device-name"
 
 	// FailWithInUseVolumeName will cause NodeExpandVolume to result in FailedPrecondition error
-	FailWithInUseVolumeName = "fail-expansion-in-use"
+	FailWithInUseVolumeName       = "fail-expansion-in-use"
+	FailWithUnSupportedVolumeName = "fail-expansion-unsupported"
 
 	FailVolumeExpansion = "fail-expansion-test"
 
@@ -500,8 +501,12 @@ func (plugin *FakeVolumePlugin) NodeExpand(resizeOptions volume.NodeResizeOption
 	if resizeOptions.VolumeSpec.Name() == FailWithInUseVolumeName {
 		return false, volumetypes.NewFailedPreconditionError("volume-in-use")
 	}
+	if resizeOptions.VolumeSpec.Name() == FailWithUnSupportedVolumeName {
+		return false, volumetypes.NewOperationNotSupportedError("volume-unsupported")
+	}
+
 	if resizeOptions.VolumeSpec.Name() == AlwaysFailNodeExpansion {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("Test failure: NodeExpand")
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("test failure: NodeExpand")
 	}
 
 	if resizeOptions.VolumeSpec.Name() == FailVolumeExpansion {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
index 22917267510..42fb6c601c3 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
@@ -2205,6 +2205,14 @@ func (og *operationGenerator) legacyCallNodeExpandOnPlugin(resizeOp nodeResizeOp
 
 	_, resizeErr := expandableVolumePlugin.NodeExpand(rsOpts)
 	if resizeErr != nil {
+		// This is a workaround for now, until RecoverFromVolumeExpansionFailure feature goes GA.
+		// If RecoverFromVolumeExpansionFailure feature is enabled, we will not ever hit this state, because
+		// we will wait for VolumeExpansionPendingOnNode before trying to expand volume in kubelet.
+		if volumetypes.IsOperationNotSupportedError(resizeErr) {
+			klog.V(4).InfoS(volumeToMount.GenerateMsgDetailed("MountVolume.NodeExpandVolume failed", "NodeExpandVolume not supported"), "pod", klog.KObj(volumeToMount.Pod))
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
 		// if driver returned FailedPrecondition error that means
 		// volume expansion should not be retried on this node but
 		// expansion operation should not block mounting
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/types/types.go b/pkg/volume/util/types/types.go
index af309353ba7..238e919b331 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/types/types.go
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@ func IsFailedPreconditionError(err error) bool {
 	return errors.As(err, &failedPreconditionError)
 }
 
+type OperationNotSupported struct {
+	msg string
+}
+
+func (err *OperationNotSupported) Error() string {
+	return err.msg
+}
+
+func NewOperationNotSupportedError(msg string) *OperationNotSupported {
+	return &OperationNotSupported{msg: msg}
+}
+
+func IsOperationNotSupportedError(err error) bool {
+	var operationNotSupportedError *OperationNotSupported
+	return errors.As(err, &operationNotSupportedError)
+}
+
 // TransientOperationFailure indicates operation failed with a transient error
 // and may fix itself when retried.
 type TransientOperationFailure struct {