diff --git a/internal/rbd/clone.go b/internal/rbd/clone.go
index f2297c5ba..88d987468 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/clone.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/clone.go
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) doSnapClone(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdVolume) erro
 }
 
 func (rv *rbdVolume) flattenCloneImage(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if rv.ThickProvision {
+		// thick-provisioned images do not need flattening
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	tempClone := rv.generateTempClone()
 	// reducing the limit for cloned images to make sure the limit is in range,
 	// If the intermediate clone reaches the depth we may need to return ABORT
diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 2fd0e2fb7..9c6481744 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) parseVolCreateRequest(ctx context.Context, req *csi.
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	rbdVol.ThickProvision = cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req)
+	rbdVol.ThickProvision = isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters())
 
 	rbdVol.RequestName = req.GetName()
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) repairExistingVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.C
 	case vcs == nil:
 		// continue/restart allocating the volume in case it
 		// should be thick-provisioned
-		if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+		if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 			err := rbdVol.RepairThickProvision()
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) repairExistingVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.C
 // are more than the `minSnapshotOnImage` Add a task to flatten all the
 // temporary cloned images.
 func flattenTemporaryClonedImages(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) error {
+	if rbdVol.ThickProvision {
+		// thick-provisioned images do not need flattening
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	snaps, err := rbdVol.listSnapshots()
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, ErrImageNotFound) {
@@ -1171,10 +1176,10 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) ControllerExpandVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi
 
 // isThickProvisionRequest returns true in case the request contains the
 // `thickProvision` option set to `true`.
-func (cs *ControllerServer) isThickProvisionRequest(req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest) bool {
+func isThickProvisionRequest(parameters map[string]string) bool {
 	tp := "thickProvision"
 
-	thick, ok := req.GetParameters()[tp]
+	thick, ok := parameters[tp]
 	if !ok || thick == "" {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver_test.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver_test.go
index 32905a53f..509cadf42 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver_test.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestIsThickProvisionRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	cs := &ControllerServer{}
 	req := &csi.CreateVolumeRequest{
 		Name: "fake",
 		Parameters: map[string]string{
@@ -32,38 +31,38 @@ func TestIsThickProvisionRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// pass disabled/invalid values for "thickProvision" option
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Error("request is not for thick-provisioning")
 	}
 
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = ""
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request is not for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = "false"
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request is not for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = "off"
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request is not for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = "no"
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request is not for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = "**true**"
-	if cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request is not for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 
 	// only "true" should enable thick provisioning
 	req.Parameters["thickProvision"] = "true"
-	if !cs.isThickProvisionRequest(req) {
+	if !isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetParameters()) {
 		t.Errorf("request should be for thick-provisioning: %s", req.Parameters["thickProvision"])
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go b/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
index 4eaa6271a..1f1ce673b 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVol
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
+	volOptions.ThickProvision = isThickProvisionRequest(req.GetVolumeContext())
+
 	// get rbd image name from the volume journal
 	// for static volumes, the image name is actually the volume ID itself
 	switch {