diff --git a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
index a07ddce489e..edfbdbe50c2 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func (plugin *vsphereVolumePlugin) NewDeviceUnmounter() (volume.DeviceUnmounter,
 func (detacher *vsphereVMDKDetacher) Detach(volumeName string, nodeName types.NodeName) error {
 
 	volPath := getVolPathfromVolumeName(volumeName)
-	attached, err := detacher.vsphereVolumes.DiskIsAttached(volPath, nodeName)
+	attached, newVolumePath, err := detacher.vsphereVolumes.DiskIsAttached(volPath, nodeName)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Log error and continue with detach
 		klog.Errorf(
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (detacher *vsphereVMDKDetacher) Detach(volumeName string, nodeName types.No
 
 	attachdetachMutex.LockKey(string(nodeName))
 	defer attachdetachMutex.UnlockKey(string(nodeName))
-	if err := detacher.vsphereVolumes.DetachDisk(volPath, nodeName); err != nil {
+	if err := detacher.vsphereVolumes.DetachDisk(newVolumePath, nodeName); err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Error detaching volume %q: %v", volPath, err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher_test.go b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher_test.go
index 42af1c80b1b..bb83f3a865c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/vsphere_volume/attacher_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumetest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/testing"
@@ -285,29 +285,29 @@ func (testcase *testcase) DetachDisk(diskName string, nodeName types.NodeName) e
 	return expected.ret
 }
 
-func (testcase *testcase) DiskIsAttached(diskName string, nodeName types.NodeName) (bool, error) {
+func (testcase *testcase) DiskIsAttached(diskName string, nodeName types.NodeName) (bool, string, error) {
 	expected := &testcase.diskIsAttached
 
 	if expected.diskName == "" && expected.nodeName == "" {
 		// testcase.diskIsAttached looks uninitialized, test did not expect to
 		// call DiskIsAttached
 		testcase.t.Errorf("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call!")
-		return false, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call!")
+		return false, diskName, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call!")
 	}
 
 	if expected.diskName != diskName {
 		testcase.t.Errorf("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: expected diskName %s, got %s", expected.diskName, diskName)
-		return false, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: wrong diskName")
+		return false, diskName, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: wrong diskName")
 	}
 
 	if expected.nodeName != nodeName {
 		testcase.t.Errorf("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: expected nodeName %s, got %s", expected.nodeName, nodeName)
-		return false, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: wrong nodeName")
+		return false, diskName, errors.New("Unexpected DiskIsAttached call: wrong nodeName")
 	}
 
 	klog.V(4).Infof("DiskIsAttached call: %s, %s, returning %v, %v", diskName, nodeName, expected.isAttached, expected.ret)
 
-	return expected.isAttached, expected.ret
+	return expected.isAttached, diskName, expected.ret
 }
 
 func (testcase *testcase) DisksAreAttached(nodeVolumes map[types.NodeName][]string) (map[types.NodeName]map[string]bool, error) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
index 4837b7db373..8ba7d74ef2e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine.go
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ func (vm *VirtualMachine) AttachDisk(ctx context.Context, vmDiskPath string, vol
 
 // DetachDisk detaches the disk specified by vmDiskPath
 func (vm *VirtualMachine) DetachDisk(ctx context.Context, vmDiskPath string) error {
-	vmDiskPath = RemoveStorageClusterORFolderNameFromVDiskPath(vmDiskPath)
 	device, err := vm.getVirtualDeviceByPath(ctx, vmDiskPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Disk ID not found for VM: %q with diskPath: %q", vm.InventoryPath, vmDiskPath)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index aa09c141975..aa53e3435d9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ type Volumes interface {
 
 	// DiskIsAttached checks if a disk is attached to the given node.
 	// Assumption: If node doesn't exist, disk is not attached to the node.
-	DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error)
+	DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, string, error)
 
 	// DisksAreAttached checks if a list disks are attached to the given node.
 	// Assumption: If node doesn't exist, disks are not attached to the node.
@@ -924,6 +924,13 @@ func (vs *VSphere) AttachDisk(vmDiskPath string, storagePolicyName string, nodeN
 			return "", err
 		}
 
+		// try and get canonical path for disk and if we can't throw error
+		vmDiskPath, err = getcanonicalVolumePath(ctx, vm.Datacenter, vmDiskPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("failed to get canonical path for %s on node %s: %v", vmDiskPath, convertToString(nodeName), err)
+			return "", err
+		}
+
 		diskUUID, err = vm.AttachDisk(ctx, vmDiskPath, &vclib.VolumeOptions{SCSIControllerType: vclib.PVSCSIControllerType, StoragePolicyName: storagePolicyName})
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Failed to attach disk: %s for node: %s. err: +%v", vmDiskPath, convertToString(nodeName), err)
@@ -1004,8 +1011,8 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DetachDisk(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) error
 }
 
 // DiskIsAttached returns if disk is attached to the VM using controllers supported by the plugin.
-func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error) {
-	diskIsAttachedInternal := func(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error) {
+func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, string, error) {
+	diskIsAttachedInternal := func(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, string, error) {
 		var vSphereInstance string
 		if nodeName == "" {
 			vSphereInstance = vs.hostName
@@ -1018,25 +1025,30 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (b
 		defer cancel()
 		vsi, err := vs.getVSphereInstance(nodeName)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return false, volPath, err
 		}
 		// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
 		err = vs.nodeManager.vcConnect(ctx, vsi)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return false, volPath, err
 		}
 		vm, err := vs.getVMFromNodeName(ctx, nodeName)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == vclib.ErrNoVMFound {
 				klog.Warningf("Node %q does not exist, vsphere CP will assume disk %v is not attached to it.", nodeName, volPath)
 				// make the disk as detached and return false without error.
-				return false, nil
+				return false, volPath, nil
 			}
 			klog.Errorf("Failed to get VM object for node: %q. err: +%v", vSphereInstance, err)
-			return false, err
+			return false, volPath, err
 		}
 
 		volPath = vclib.RemoveStorageClusterORFolderNameFromVDiskPath(volPath)
+		canonicalPath, pathFetchErr := getcanonicalVolumePath(ctx, vm.Datacenter, volPath)
+		// if canonicalPath is not empty string and pathFetchErr is nil then we can use canonical path to perform detach
+		if canonicalPath != "" && pathFetchErr == nil {
+			volPath = canonicalPath
+		}
 		attached, err := vm.IsDiskAttached(ctx, volPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("DiskIsAttached failed to determine whether disk %q is still attached on node %q",
@@ -1044,22 +1056,22 @@ func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (b
 				vSphereInstance)
 		}
 		klog.V(4).Infof("DiskIsAttached result: %v and error: %q, for volume: %q", attached, err, volPath)
-		return attached, err
+		return attached, volPath, err
 	}
 	requestTime := time.Now()
-	isAttached, err := diskIsAttachedInternal(volPath, nodeName)
+	isAttached, newVolumePath, err := diskIsAttachedInternal(volPath, nodeName)
 	if err != nil {
 		if vclib.IsManagedObjectNotFoundError(err) {
 			err = vs.nodeManager.RediscoverNode(nodeName)
 			if err == vclib.ErrNoVMFound {
 				isAttached, err = false, nil
 			} else if err == nil {
-				isAttached, err = diskIsAttachedInternal(volPath, nodeName)
+				isAttached, newVolumePath, err = diskIsAttachedInternal(volPath, nodeName)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	vclib.RecordvSphereMetric(vclib.OperationDiskIsAttached, requestTime, err)
-	return isAttached, err
+	return isAttached, newVolumePath, err
 }
 
 // DisksAreAttached returns if disks are attached to the VM using controllers supported by the plugin.