diff --git a/internal/cephfs/fsjournal.go b/internal/cephfs/fsjournal.go
index 7ebe8509c..210a9bda2 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/fsjournal.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/fsjournal.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ func checkVolExists(ctx context.Context,
 	sID *snapshotIdentifier,
 	cr *util.Credentials) (*volumeIdentifier, error) {
 	var vid volumeIdentifier
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ func undoVolReservation(ctx context.Context, volOptions *volumeOptions, vid volu
 	}
 	defer cr.DeleteCredentials()
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -220,7 +222,8 @@ func reserveVol(ctx context.Context, volOptions *volumeOptions, secret map[strin
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -256,7 +259,8 @@ func reserveSnap(ctx context.Context, volOptions *volumeOptions, parentSubVolNam
 		err       error
 	)
 
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -285,7 +289,8 @@ func reserveSnap(ctx context.Context, volOptions *volumeOptions, parentSubVolNam
 
 // undoSnapReservation is a helper routine to undo a name reservation for a CSI SnapshotName.
 func undoSnapReservation(ctx context.Context, volOptions *volumeOptions, vid snapshotIdentifier, snapName string, cr *util.Credentials) error {
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -316,7 +321,8 @@ func checkSnapExists(
 	parentSubVolName string,
 	snap *cephfsSnapshot,
 	cr *util.Credentials) (*snapshotIdentifier, *snapshotInfo, error) {
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go b/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
index 6bf63856b..51c186cb8 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ func newVolumeOptionsFromVolID(ctx context.Context, volID string, volOpt, secret
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -448,7 +449,8 @@ func newSnapshotOptionsFromID(ctx context.Context, snapID string, cr *util.Crede
 		return &volOptions, nil, &sid, err
 	}
 
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+	// Connect to cephfs' default radosNamespace (csi)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, radosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &volOptions, nil, &sid, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/journal/voljournal.go b/internal/journal/voljournal.go
index bc09c913f..ac1067ae3 100644
--- a/internal/journal/voljournal.go
+++ b/internal/journal/voljournal.go
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ type Connection struct {
 }
 
 // Connect establishes a new connection to a ceph cluster for journal metadata.
-func (cj *Config) Connect(monitors string, cr *util.Credentials) (*Connection, error) {
+func (cj *Config) Connect(monitors, namespace string, cr *util.Credentials) (*Connection, error) {
+	cj.namespace = namespace
 	cc := &util.ClusterConnection{}
 	if err := cc.Connect(monitors, cr); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/rbd/clone.go b/internal/rbd/clone.go
index 26aaab2bc..c2d141848 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/clone.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/clone.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) createCloneFromImage(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdVol
 	)
 	var j = &journal.Connection{}
 
-	j, err = volJournal.Connect(rv.Monitors, rv.conn.Creds)
+	j, err = volJournal.Connect(rv.Monitors, rv.RadosNamespace, rv.conn.Creds)
 	if err != nil {
 		return status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index bf051b266..d9945184b 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) validateVolumeReq(ctx context.Context, req *csi.Crea
 	if value, ok := options["dataPool"]; ok && value == "" {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "empty datapool name to provision volume from")
 	}
+	if value, ok := options["raodsNamespace"]; ok && value == "" {
+		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "empty namespace name to provision volume from")
+	}
 	if value, ok := options["volumeNamePrefix"]; ok && value == "" {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "empty volume name prefix to provision volume from")
 	}
@@ -146,6 +149,9 @@ func buildCreateVolumeResponse(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest
 	volumeContext["pool"] = rbdVol.Pool
 	volumeContext["journalPool"] = rbdVol.JournalPool
 	volumeContext["imageName"] = rbdVol.RbdImageName
+	if rbdVol.RadosNamespace != "" {
+		volumeContext["radosNamespace"] = rbdVol.RadosNamespace
+	}
 	volume := &csi.Volume{
 		VolumeId:      rbdVol.VolID,
 		CapacityBytes: rbdVol.VolSize,
@@ -291,6 +297,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 	volumeContext := req.GetParameters()
 	volumeContext["pool"] = rbdVol.Pool
 	volumeContext["journalPool"] = rbdVol.JournalPool
+	volumeContext["radosNamespace"] = rbdVol.RadosNamespace
 	volumeContext["imageName"] = rbdVol.RbdImageName
 	volume := &csi.Volume{
 		VolumeId:      rbdVol.VolID,
@@ -409,7 +416,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) createBackingImage(ctx context.Context, cr *util.Cre
 	var err error
 
 	var j = &journal.Connection{}
-	j, err = volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err = volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, rbdVol.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
@@ -906,7 +913,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) doSnapshotClone(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdV
 	}
 	var j = &journal.Connection{}
 	// save image ID
-	j, err = snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err = snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf(util.Log(ctx, "failed to connect to cluster: %v"), err)
 		return ready, cloneRbd, err
diff --git a/internal/rbd/errors.go b/internal/rbd/errors.go
index 4b84f1328..1c865aac6 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/errors.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/errors.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package rbd
 import "errors"
 
 var (
-	// ErrImageNotFound is returned when image name is not found in the cluster on the given pool.
+	// ErrImageNotFound is returned when image name is not found in the cluster on the given pool and/or namespace.
 	ErrImageNotFound = errors.New("image not found")
 	// ErrSnapNotFound is returned when snap name passed is not found in the list of snapshots for the
 	// given image.
diff --git a/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go b/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
index 78c50e81d..f4422335a 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/nodeserver.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVol
 			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 		}
 
-		j, err2 := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, cr)
+		j, err2 := volJournal.Connect(volOptions.Monitors, volOptions.RadosNamespace, cr)
 		if err2 != nil {
 			klog.Errorf(
 				util.Log(ctx, "failed to establish cluster connection: %v"),
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ func getDevicePath(ctx context.Context, volumePath string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf(util.Log(ctx, "failed to find image metadata: %v"), err)
 	}
-	device, found := findDeviceMappingImage(ctx, imgInfo.Pool, imgInfo.ImageName, imgInfo.NbdAccess)
+	device, found := findDeviceMappingImage(ctx, imgInfo.Pool, imgInfo.RadosNamespace, imgInfo.ImageName, imgInfo.NbdAccess)
 	if found {
 		return device, nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_attach.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_attach.go
index ca20258e4..514bccc7a 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_attach.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_attach.go
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ func init() {
 
 // rbdDeviceInfo strongly typed JSON spec for rbd device list output (of type krbd).
 type rbdDeviceInfo struct {
-	ID     string `json:"id"`
-	Pool   string `json:"pool"`
-	Name   string `json:"name"`
-	Device string `json:"device"`
+	ID             string `json:"id"`
+	Pool           string `json:"pool"`
+	RadosNamespace string `json:"radosNamespace"`
+	Name           string `json:"name"`
+	Device         string `json:"device"`
 }
 
 // nbdDeviceInfo strongly typed JSON spec for rbd-nbd device list output (of type nbd)
@@ -69,10 +70,11 @@ type rbdDeviceInfo struct {
 // requiring 2 different JSON structures to unmarshal the output.
 // NOTE: image key is "name" in krbd output and "image" in nbd output, which is another difference.
 type nbdDeviceInfo struct {
-	ID     int64  `json:"id"`
-	Pool   string `json:"pool"`
-	Name   string `json:"image"`
-	Device string `json:"device"`
+	ID             int64  `json:"id"`
+	Pool           string `json:"pool"`
+	RadosNamespace string `json:"radosNamespace"`
+	Name           string `json:"image"`
+	Device         string `json:"device"`
 }
 
 // rbdGetDeviceList queries rbd about mapped devices and returns a list of rbdDeviceInfo
@@ -104,10 +106,11 @@ func rbdGetDeviceList(ctx context.Context, accessType string) ([]rbdDeviceInfo,
 			rbdDeviceList = append(
 				rbdDeviceList,
 				rbdDeviceInfo{
-					ID:     strconv.FormatInt(device.ID, 10),
-					Pool:   device.Pool,
-					Name:   device.Name,
-					Device: device.Device,
+					ID:             strconv.FormatInt(device.ID, 10),
+					Pool:           device.Pool,
+					RadosNamespace: device.RadosNamespace,
+					Name:           device.Name,
+					Device:         device.Device,
 				})
 		}
 	}
@@ -115,21 +118,26 @@ func rbdGetDeviceList(ctx context.Context, accessType string) ([]rbdDeviceInfo,
 	return rbdDeviceList, nil
 }
 
-// findDeviceMappingImage finds a devicePath, if available, based on image spec (pool/image) on the node.
-func findDeviceMappingImage(ctx context.Context, pool, image string, useNbdDriver bool) (string, bool) {
+// findDeviceMappingImage finds a devicePath, if available, based on image spec (pool/{namespace/}image) on the node.
+func findDeviceMappingImage(ctx context.Context, pool, namespace, image string, useNbdDriver bool) (string, bool) {
 	accessType := accessTypeKRbd
 	if useNbdDriver {
 		accessType = accessTypeNbd
 	}
 
+	imageSpec := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", pool, image)
+	if namespace != "" {
+		imageSpec = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", pool, namespace, image)
+	}
+
 	rbdDeviceList, err := rbdGetDeviceList(ctx, accessType)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf(util.Log(ctx, "failed to determine if image (%s/%s) is mapped to a device (%v)"), pool, image, err)
+		klog.Warningf(util.Log(ctx, "failed to determine if image (%s) is mapped to a device (%v)"), imageSpec, err)
 		return "", false
 	}
 
 	for _, device := range rbdDeviceList {
-		if device.Name == image && device.Pool == pool {
+		if device.Name == image && device.Pool == pool && device.RadosNamespace == namespace {
 			return device.Device, true
 		}
 	}
@@ -138,13 +146,13 @@ func findDeviceMappingImage(ctx context.Context, pool, image string, useNbdDrive
 }
 
 // Stat a path, if it doesn't exist, retry maxRetries times.
-func waitForPath(ctx context.Context, pool, image string, maxRetries int, useNbdDriver bool) (string, bool) {
+func waitForPath(ctx context.Context, pool, namespace, image string, maxRetries int, useNbdDriver bool) (string, bool) {
 	for i := 0; i < maxRetries; i++ {
 		if i != 0 {
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 		}
 
-		device, found := findDeviceMappingImage(ctx, pool, image, useNbdDriver)
+		device, found := findDeviceMappingImage(ctx, pool, namespace, image, useNbdDriver)
 		if found {
 			return device, found
 		}
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ func attachRBDImage(ctx context.Context, volOptions *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credent
 		useNBD = true
 	}
 
-	devicePath, found := waitForPath(ctx, volOptions.Pool, image, 1, useNBD)
+	devicePath, found := waitForPath(ctx, volOptions.Pool, volOptions.RadosNamespace, image, 1, useNBD)
 	if !found {
 		backoff := wait.Backoff{
 			Duration: rbdImageWatcherInitDelay,
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
index fdd475d27..05940f4e6 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_journal.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func checkSnapCloneExists(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdVolume, rbdSnap *rb
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) Exists(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdVolume) (bool, er
 		kmsID = rv.KMS.GetID()
 	}
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rv.Monitors, rv.conn.Creds)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rv.Monitors, rv.RadosNamespace, rv.conn.Creds)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func reserveSnap(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, rbdVol *rbdVolume, c
 		return err
 	}
 
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func reserveVol(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, cr
 		kmsID = rbdVol.KMS.GetID()
 	}
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, rbdVol.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func reserveVol(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, cr
 
 // undoSnapReservation is a helper routine to undo a name reservation for rbdSnapshot.
 func undoSnapReservation(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, cr *util.Credentials) error {
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func undoSnapReservation(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, cr *util.Cre
 
 // undoVolReservation is a helper routine to undo a name reservation for rbdVolume.
 func undoVolReservation(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, cr *util.Credentials) error {
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, cr)
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, rbdVol.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 268cfd1f8..32b494ba9 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type rbdVolume struct {
 	JournalPool         string
 	Pool                string `json:"pool"`
 	DataPool            string
+	RadosNamespace      string
 	ImageID             string
 	ParentName          string
 	imageFeatureSet     librbd.FeatureSet
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ type rbdSnapshot struct {
 	Monitors       string
 	JournalPool    string
 	Pool           string
+	RadosNamespace string
 	CreatedAt      *timestamp.Timestamp
 	SizeBytes      int64
 	ClusterID      string
@@ -165,13 +167,19 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) Destroy() {
 	}
 }
 
-// String returns the image-spec (pool/image) format of the image.
+// String returns the image-spec (pool/{namespace/}image) format of the image.
 func (rv *rbdVolume) String() string {
+	if rv.RadosNamespace != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", rv.Pool, rv.RadosNamespace, rv.RbdImageName)
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rv.Pool, rv.RbdImageName)
 }
 
-// String returns the snap-spec (pool/image@snap) format of the snapshot.
+// String returns the snap-spec (pool/{namespace/}image@snap) format of the snapshot.
 func (rs *rbdSnapshot) String() string {
+	if rs.RadosNamespace != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s@%s", rs.Pool, rs.RadosNamespace, rs.RbdImageName, rs.RbdSnapName)
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s@%s", rs.Pool, rs.RbdImageName, rs.RbdSnapName)
 }
 
@@ -228,6 +236,7 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) openIoctx() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	ioctx.SetNamespace(rv.RadosNamespace)
 	rv.ioctx = ioctx
 
 	return nil
@@ -484,10 +493,11 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) hasFeature(feature uint64) bool {
 
 func (rv *rbdVolume) checkImageChainHasFeature(ctx context.Context, feature uint64) (bool, error) {
 	vol := rbdVolume{
-		Pool:         rv.Pool,
-		Monitors:     rv.Monitors,
-		RbdImageName: rv.RbdImageName,
-		conn:         rv.conn,
+		Pool:           rv.Pool,
+		RadosNamespace: rv.RadosNamespace,
+		Monitors:       rv.Monitors,
+		RbdImageName:   rv.RbdImageName,
+		conn:           rv.conn,
 	}
 	err := vol.openIoctx()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -543,7 +553,12 @@ func genSnapFromSnapID(ctx context.Context, rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot, snapshotID str
 	}
 	rbdSnap.JournalPool = rbdSnap.Pool
 
-	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, cr)
+	rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, err = util.RadosNamespace(csiConfigFile, rbdSnap.ClusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	j, err := snapJournal.Connect(rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -611,7 +626,12 @@ func genVolFromVolID(ctx context.Context, volumeID string, cr *util.Credentials,
 	}
 	rbdVol.JournalPool = rbdVol.Pool
 
-	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, cr)
+	rbdVol.RadosNamespace, err = util.RadosNamespace(csiConfigFile, rbdVol.ClusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	j, err := volJournal.Connect(rbdVol.Monitors, rbdVol.RadosNamespace, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return rbdVol, err
 	}
@@ -690,6 +710,10 @@ func genVolFromVolumeOptions(ctx context.Context, volOptions, credentials map[st
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	rbdVol.RadosNamespace, err = util.RadosNamespace(csiConfigFile, rbdVol.ClusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	// if no image features is provided, it results in empty string
 	// which disable all RBD image features as we expected
 
@@ -742,6 +766,7 @@ func genSnapFromOptions(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume, snapOptions map[
 	rbdSnap := &rbdSnapshot{}
 	rbdSnap.Pool = rbdVol.Pool
 	rbdSnap.JournalPool = rbdVol.JournalPool
+	rbdSnap.RadosNamespace = rbdVol.RadosNamespace
 
 	rbdSnap.Monitors, rbdSnap.ClusterID, err = util.GetMonsAndClusterID(snapOptions)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -951,18 +976,22 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) checkSnapExists(rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot) error {
 
 // rbdImageMetadataStash strongly typed JSON spec for stashed RBD image metadata.
 type rbdImageMetadataStash struct {
-	Version   int    `json:"Version"`
-	Pool      string `json:"pool"`
-	ImageName string `json:"image"`
-	NbdAccess bool   `json:"accessType"`
-	Encrypted bool   `json:"encrypted"`
+	Version        int    `json:"Version"`
+	Pool           string `json:"pool"`
+	RadosNamespace string `json:"radosNamespace"`
+	ImageName      string `json:"image"`
+	NbdAccess      bool   `json:"accessType"`
+	Encrypted      bool   `json:"encrypted"`
 }
 
 // file name in which image metadata is stashed.
 const stashFileName = "image-meta.json"
 
-// spec returns the image-spec (pool/image) format of the image.
+// spec returns the image-spec (pool/{namespace/}image) format of the image.
 func (ri *rbdImageMetadataStash) String() string {
+	if ri.RadosNamespace != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", ri.Pool, ri.RadosNamespace, ri.ImageName)
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ri.Pool, ri.ImageName)
 }
 
@@ -971,10 +1000,11 @@ func (ri *rbdImageMetadataStash) String() string {
 func stashRBDImageMetadata(volOptions *rbdVolume, path string) error {
 	var imgMeta = rbdImageMetadataStash{
 		// there are no checks for this at present
-		Version:   2, // nolint:gomnd // number specifies version.
-		Pool:      volOptions.Pool,
-		ImageName: volOptions.RbdImageName,
-		Encrypted: volOptions.Encrypted,
+		Version:        2, // nolint:gomnd // number specifies version.
+		Pool:           volOptions.Pool,
+		RadosNamespace: volOptions.RadosNamespace,
+		ImageName:      volOptions.RbdImageName,
+		Encrypted:      volOptions.Encrypted,
 	}
 
 	imgMeta.NbdAccess = false
diff --git a/internal/rbd/snapshot.go b/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
index 698a8d210..107bd9f78 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func generateVolFromSnap(rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot) *rbdVolume {
 	vol.Monitors = rbdSnap.Monitors
 	vol.Pool = rbdSnap.Pool
 	vol.JournalPool = rbdSnap.JournalPool
+	vol.RadosNamespace = rbdSnap.RadosNamespace
 	vol.RbdImageName = rbdSnap.RbdSnapName
 	vol.ImageID = rbdSnap.ImageID
 	return vol
diff --git a/internal/util/csiconfig.go b/internal/util/csiconfig.go
index 4b3d16ae7..d0bfb1b4c 100644
--- a/internal/util/csiconfig.go
+++ b/internal/util/csiconfig.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ const (
 type ClusterInfo struct {
 	// ClusterID is used for unique identification
 	ClusterID string `json:"clusterID"`
+	// Namespace is the namespace in the pool
+	RadosNamespace string `json:"radosNamespace"`
 	// Monitors is monitor list for corresponding cluster ID
 	Monitors []string `json:"monitors"`
 	// CephFS contains CephFS specific options
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ type ClusterInfo struct {
 // [
 // 	{
 // 		"clusterID": "<cluster-id>",
+//		"namespace": "<namespace>",
 // 		"monitors":
 // 			[
 // 				"<monitor-value>",
@@ -100,6 +103,15 @@ func Mons(pathToConfig, clusterID string) (string, error) {
 	return strings.Join(cluster.Monitors, ","), nil
 }
 
+// RadosNamespace returns the namespace for the given clusterID.
+func RadosNamespace(pathToConfig, clusterID string) (string, error) {
+	cluster, err := readClusterInfo(pathToConfig, clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return cluster.RadosNamespace, nil
+}
+
 // CephFSSubvolumeGroup returns the subvolumeGroup for CephFS volumes. If not set, it returns the default value "csi".
 func CephFSSubvolumeGroup(pathToConfig, clusterID string) (string, error) {
 	cluster, err := readClusterInfo(pathToConfig, clusterID)