diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index c267e3b93..20f3a868b 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -765,24 +765,12 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateS
 			},
 		}, nil
 	}
-	var snaps []snapshotInfo
-	// check the number of snapshots on image
-	snaps, err = rbdVol.listSnapshots(ctx, cr)
+
+	err = flattenTemporaryClonedImages(ctx, rbdVol, cr)
 	if err != nil {
-		var einf ErrImageNotFound
-		if errors.As(err, &einf) {
-			return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error())
-		}
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(snaps) > int(maxSnapshotsOnImage) {
-		err = flattenClonedRbdImages(ctx, snaps, rbdVol.Pool, rbdVol.Monitors, cr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-		}
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.ResourceExhausted, "rbd image %s has %d snapshots", rbdVol, len(snaps))
-	}
 	err = reserveSnap(ctx, rbdSnap, rbdVol, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())