diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
index 1c5eeeeeb63..63c7152040e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
@@ -180,17 +180,6 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) populatorLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 // Iterate through all pods and add to desired state of world if they don't
 // exist but should
 func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) findAndAddNewPods(ctx context.Context) {
-	// Map unique pod name to outer volume name to MountedVolume.
-	mountedVolumesForPod := make(map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]map[string]cache.MountedVolume)
-	for _, mountedVolume := range dswp.actualStateOfWorld.GetMountedVolumes() {
-		mountedVolumes, exist := mountedVolumesForPod[mountedVolume.PodName]
-		if !exist {
-			mountedVolumes = make(map[string]cache.MountedVolume)
-			mountedVolumesForPod[mountedVolume.PodName] = mountedVolumes
-		}
-		mountedVolumes[mountedVolume.OuterVolumeSpecName] = mountedVolume
-	}
-
 	for _, pod := range dswp.podManager.GetPods() {
 		// Keep consistency of adding pod during reconstruction
 		if dswp.hasAddedPods && dswp.podStateProvider.ShouldPodContainersBeTerminating(pod.UID) {
@@ -204,7 +193,7 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) findAndAddNewPods(ctx context.Context)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		dswp.processPodVolumes(ctx, pod, mountedVolumesForPod)
+		dswp.processPodVolumes(ctx, pod)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -286,10 +275,7 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) findAndRemoveDeletedPods() {
 
 // processPodVolumes processes the volumes in the given pod and adds them to the
 // desired state of the world.
-func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	pod *v1.Pod,
-	mountedVolumesForPod map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]map[string]cache.MountedVolume) {
+func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod) {
 	if pod == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -322,17 +308,17 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(
 		}
 
 		// Add volume to desired state of world
-		_, err = dswp.desiredStateOfWorld.AddPodToVolume(
+		uniqueVolumeName, err := dswp.desiredStateOfWorld.AddPodToVolume(
 			uniquePodName, pod, volumeSpec, podVolume.Name, volumeGIDValue, seLinuxContainerContexts[podVolume.Name])
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error(err, "Failed to add volume to desiredStateOfWorld", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "volumeName", podVolume.Name, "volumeSpecName", volumeSpec.Name())
 			dswp.desiredStateOfWorld.AddErrorToPod(uniquePodName, err.Error())
 			allVolumesAdded = false
-		} else {
-			logger.V(4).Info("Added volume to desired state", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "volumeName", podVolume.Name, "volumeSpecName", volumeSpec.Name())
+			continue
 		}
 
-		dswp.checkVolumeFSResize(pod, podVolume, pvc, volumeSpec, uniquePodName, mountedVolumesForPod)
+		logger.V(4).Info("Added volume to desired state", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "volumeName", podVolume.Name, "volumeSpecName", volumeSpec.Name())
+		dswp.checkVolumeFSResize(pod, podVolume, pvc, volumeSpec, uniqueVolumeName)
 	}
 
 	// some of the volume additions may have failed, should not mark this pod as fully processed
@@ -361,8 +347,7 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) checkVolumeFSResize(
 	podVolume v1.Volume,
 	pvc *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim,
 	volumeSpec *volume.Spec,
-	uniquePodName volumetypes.UniquePodName,
-	mountedVolumesForPod map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]map[string]cache.MountedVolume) {
+	uniqueVolumeName v1.UniqueVolumeName) {
 
 	// if a volumeSpec does not have PV or has InlineVolumeSpecForCSIMigration set or pvc is nil
 	// we can't resize the volume and hence resizing should be skipped.
@@ -371,13 +356,6 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) checkVolumeFSResize(
 		return
 	}
 
-	uniqueVolumeName, exist := getUniqueVolumeName(uniquePodName, podVolume.Name, mountedVolumesForPod)
-	if !exist {
-		// Volume not exist in ASW, we assume it hasn't been mounted yet. If it needs resize,
-		// it will be handled as offline resize(if it indeed hasn't been mounted yet),
-		// or online resize in subsequent loop(after we confirm it has been mounted).
-		return
-	}
 	// volumeSpec.ReadOnly is the value that determines if volume could be formatted when being mounted.
 	// This is the same flag that determines filesystem resizing behaviour for offline resizing and hence
 	// we should use it here. This value comes from Pod.spec.volumes.persistentVolumeClaim.readOnly.
@@ -395,21 +373,6 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) checkVolumeFSResize(
 	dswp.actualStateOfWorld.InitializeClaimSize(klog.TODO(), uniqueVolumeName, pvcStatusCap)
 }
 
-func getUniqueVolumeName(
-	podName volumetypes.UniquePodName,
-	outerVolumeSpecName string,
-	mountedVolumesForPod map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]map[string]cache.MountedVolume) (v1.UniqueVolumeName, bool) {
-	mountedVolumes, exist := mountedVolumesForPod[podName]
-	if !exist {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	mountedVolume, exist := mountedVolumes[outerVolumeSpecName]
-	if !exist {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	return mountedVolume.VolumeName, true
-}
-
 // podPreviouslyProcessed returns true if the volumes for this pod have already
 // been processed/reprocessed by the populator. Otherwise, the volumes for this pod need to
 // be reprocessed.