diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd_util.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 69ea75e429d..fa3962ebbef 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ func (util *RBDUtil) rbdInfo(b *rbdMounter) (int, error) {
 	//
 	klog.V(4).Infof("rbd: info %s using mon %s, pool %s id %s key %s", b.Image, mon, b.Pool, id, secret)
 	output, err = b.exec.Run("rbd",
-		"info", b.Image, "--pool", b.Pool, "-m", mon, "--id", id, "--key="+secret, "--format=json")
+		"info", b.Image, "--pool", b.Pool, "-m", mon, "--id", id, "--key="+secret, "-k=/dev/null", "--format=json")
 
 	if err, ok := err.(*exec.Error); ok {
 		if err.Err == exec.ErrNotFound {