diff --git a/e2e/rbd.go b/e2e/rbd.go
index c0756c7fe..26abed41c 100644
--- a/e2e/rbd.go
+++ b/e2e/rbd.go
@@ -1250,6 +1250,15 @@ var _ = Describe("RBD", func() {
 				if err != nil {
 					e2elog.Failf("failed to delete snapshotclass with error %v", err)
 				}
+				// validate images in trash
+				err = waitToRemoveImagesFromTrash(f, clonePool, deployTimeout)
+				if err != nil {
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to validate rbd images in pool %s trash with error %v", clonePool, err)
+				}
+				err = waitToRemoveImagesFromTrash(f, defaultRBDPool, deployTimeout)
+				if err != nil {
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to validate rbd images in pool %s trash with error %v", defaultRBDPool, err)
+				}
 
 				err = deletePool(clonePool, false, f)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -1812,6 +1821,14 @@ var _ = Describe("RBD", func() {
 				}
 
 			})
+
+			By("validate stale images in trash", func() {
+				err := waitToRemoveImagesFromTrash(f, defaultRBDPool, deployTimeout)
+				if err != nil {
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to validate rbd images in pool %s trash with error %v", defaultRBDPool, err)
+				}
+			})
+
 			// Make sure this should be last testcase in this file, because
 			// it deletes pool
 			By("Create a PVC and delete PVC when backend pool deleted", func() {
diff --git a/e2e/rbd_helper.go b/e2e/rbd_helper.go
index 500acb302..c917a77cd 100644
--- a/e2e/rbd_helper.go
+++ b/e2e/rbd_helper.go
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/v2/pkg/apis/volumesnapshot/v1beta1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	scv1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
@@ -762,3 +765,50 @@ func validateThickPVC(f *framework.Framework, pvc *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, siz
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// trashInfo contains the image details in trash.
+type trashInfo struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+// listRBDImagesInTrash lists images in the trash.
+func listRBDImagesInTrash(f *framework.Framework, poolName string) ([]trashInfo, error) {
+	var trashInfos []trashInfo
+
+	stdout, stdErr, err := execCommandInToolBoxPod(f,
+		fmt.Sprintf("rbd trash ls --format=json %s", poolName), rookNamespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return trashInfos, err
+	}
+	if stdErr != "" {
+		return trashInfos, fmt.Errorf("failed to list images in trash %v", stdErr)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdout), &trashInfos)
+	if err != nil {
+		return trashInfos, err
+	}
+	return trashInfos, nil
+}
+
+func waitToRemoveImagesFromTrash(f *framework.Framework, poolName string, t int) error {
+	var errReason error
+	timeout := time.Duration(t) * time.Minute
+	err := wait.PollImmediate(poll, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		imagesInTrash, err := listRBDImagesInTrash(f, poolName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if len(imagesInTrash) == 0 {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		errReason = fmt.Errorf("found %d images found in trash. Image details %v", len(imagesInTrash), imagesInTrash)
+		e2elog.Logf(errReason.Error())
+		return false, nil
+	})
+
+	if errors.Is(err, wait.ErrWaitTimeout) {
+		err = errReason
+	}
+	return err
+}