diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 1ac3f95fb..060399e33 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateS
 	}
 
 	// Check if source volume was created with required image features for snaps
-	if !hasSnapshotFeature(rbdVol.ImageFeatures) {
+	if !rbdVol.hasSnapshotFeature() {
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "volume(%s) has not snapshot feature(layering)", req.GetSourceVolumeId())
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 9bbf19499..5857ddd3e 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ func genSnapFromOptions(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, snapOptions map[
 	return rbdSnap
 }
 
-func hasSnapshotFeature(imageFeatures string) bool {
-	arr := strings.Split(imageFeatures, ",")
+func (rv *rbdVolume) hasSnapshotFeature() bool {
+	arr := strings.Split(rv.ImageFeatures, ",")
 	for _, f := range arr {
 		if f == "layering" {
 			return true