diff --git a/internal/rbd/driver/driver.go b/internal/rbd/driver/driver.go
index 4d7061b8e..c4c736c34 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/driver/driver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/driver/driver.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (r *Driver) Run(conf *util.Config) {
 			})
 	}
 
-	if k8s.RunsOnKubernetes() {
+	if k8s.RunsOnKubernetes() && conf.IsNodeServer {
 		nodeLabels, err = k8s.GetNodeLabels(conf.NodeID)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())