diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
index 940ee245b..5a177ad4f 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func getMirroringMode(ctx context.Context, parameters map[string]string) (librbd
 
 // getSchedulingDetails gets the mirroring mode and scheduling details from the
 // input GRPC request parameters and validates the scheduling is only supported
-// for mirroring mode.
+// for snapshot mirroring mode.
 func getSchedulingDetails(parameters map[string]string) (admin.Interval, admin.StartTime, error) {
 	admInt := admin.NoInterval
 	adminStartTime := admin.NoStartTime
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ func getSchedulingDetails(parameters map[string]string) (admin.Interval, admin.S
 
 	switch imageMirroringMode(val) {
 	case imageMirrorModeSnapshot:
+	// If mirroring mode is not set in parameters, we are defaulting mirroring
+	// mode to snapshot. Discard empty mirroring mode from validation as it is
+	// an optional parameter.
+	case "":
 	default:
 		return admInt, adminStartTime, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "scheduling is only supported for snapshot mode")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
index 33a4b81d6..eb7de989f 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,23 @@ func TestGetSchedulingDetails(t *testing.T) {
 			admin.NoStartTime,
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"when no parameters and scheduling details are specified",
+			map[string]string{},
+			admin.NoInterval,
+			admin.NoStartTime,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"when no mirroring mode is specified",
+			map[string]string{
+				schedulingIntervalKey:  "1h",
+				schedulingStartTimeKey: "14:00:00-05:00",
+			},
+			admin.Interval("1h"),
+			admin.StartTime("14:00:00-05:00"),
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		tt := tt