diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
index 913cadf14..ed8911fa5 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) Exists(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	// save it for size checks before fetching image data
 	requestSize := rv.VolSize
 	// Fetch on-disk image attributes and compare against request
-	err = updateVolWithImageInfo(ctx, rv, rv.conn.Creds)
+	err = rv.getImageInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(ErrImageNotFound); ok {
 			err = j.UndoReservation(ctx, rv.JournalPool, rv.Pool,
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index ac9b05a51..9bbf19499 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -377,12 +377,6 @@ func updateSnapWithImageInfo(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, cr *util
 	return err
 }
 
-// updateVolWithImageInfo updates provided rbdVolume with information from on-disk data
-// regarding the same
-func updateVolWithImageInfo(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) error {
-	return rbdVol.getImageInfo()
-}
-
 // genSnapFromSnapID generates a rbdSnapshot structure from the provided identifier, updating
 // the structure with elements from on-disk snapshot metadata as well
 func genSnapFromSnapID(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, snapshotID string, cr *util.Credentials) error {
@@ -513,7 +507,7 @@ func genVolFromVolID(ctx context.Context, volumeID string, cr *util.Credentials,
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = updateVolWithImageInfo(ctx, rbdVol, cr)
+	err = rbdVol.getImageInfo()
 
 	return rbdVol, err
 }