diff --git a/internal/rbd/group/volume_group.go b/internal/rbd/group/volume_group.go
index 1a9e1963c..294a05cf0 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/group/volume_group.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/group/volume_group.go
@@ -179,6 +179,24 @@ func (vg *volumeGroup) GetName(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return vg.name, nil
 }
 
+// GetPool returns the name of the pool that holds the VolumeGroup.
+func (vg *volumeGroup) GetPool(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	if vg.pool == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("BUG: pool is not set")
+	}
+
+	return vg.pool, nil
+}
+
+// GetClusterID returns the name of the pool that holds the VolumeGroup.
+func (vg *volumeGroup) GetClusterID(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	if vg.clusterID == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("BUG: clusterID is not set")
+	}
+
+	return vg.clusterID, nil
+}
+
 // ToCSI creates a CSI-Addons type for the VolumeGroup.
 func (vg *volumeGroup) ToCSI(ctx context.Context) (*volumegroup.VolumeGroup, error) {
 	volumes, err := vg.ListVolumes(ctx)
diff --git a/internal/rbd/manager.go b/internal/rbd/manager.go
index cf19e0b01..e487b1c26 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/manager.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/manager.go
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rados"
+
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/journal"
-	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd/group"
+	rbd_group "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd/group"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd/types"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util/log"
@@ -251,6 +253,40 @@ func (mgr *rbdManager) CreateVolumeGroup(ctx context.Context, name string) (type
 }
 
 func (mgr *rbdManager) DeleteVolumeGroup(ctx context.Context, vg types.VolumeGroup) error {
-	// TODO: remove from journal
-	return vg.Delete(ctx)
+	err := vg.Delete(ctx)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(rados.ErrNotFound, err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	clusterID, err := vg.GetClusterID(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster id for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	vgJournal, err := mgr.getVolumeGroupJournal(clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	name, err := vg.GetName(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get name for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	csiID, err := vg.GetID(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get id for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	pool, err := vg.GetPool(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get pool for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	err = vgJournal.UndoReservation(ctx, pool, name, csiID)
+	if err != nil /* TODO? !errors.Is(..., err) */ {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to undo the reservation for volume group %q: %w", vg, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }