diff --git a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
index 9972c528214..a74fbc2cefa 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/azure_file/azure_provision.go
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ func (a *azureFileProvisioner) Provision() (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 
 	var sku, location, account string
 
-	name := volume.GenerateVolumeName(a.options.ClusterName, a.options.PVName, 75)
+	// File share name has a length limit of 63, and it cannot contain two consecutive '-'s.
+	name := volume.GenerateVolumeName(a.options.ClusterName, a.options.PVName, 63)
+	name = strings.Replace(name, "--", "-", -1)
 	capacity := a.options.PVC.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceName(v1.ResourceStorage)]
 	requestBytes := capacity.Value()
 	requestGB := int(volume.RoundUpSize(requestBytes, 1024*1024*1024))