diff --git a/internal/rbd/clone.go b/internal/rbd/clone.go
index c5ff1e52ff2..b2ce33ba508 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/clone.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/clone.go
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) doSnapClone(ctx context.Context, parentVol *rbdVolume) erro
 
 	// generate temp cloned volume
 	tempClone := rv.generateTempClone()
+	defer tempClone.Destroy()
+
 	// snapshot name is same as temporary cloned image, This helps to
 	// flatten the temporary cloned images as we cannot have more than 510
 	// snapshots on an rbd image
diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 4f07ce5f0d3..29e4af59933 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) createVolumeFromSnapshot(
 	parentVol := rbdSnap.toVolume()
 	// as we are operating on single cluster reuse the connection
 	parentVol.conn = rbdVol.conn.Copy()
+	defer parentVol.Destroy()
 
 	// create clone image and delete snapshot
 	err = rbdVol.cloneRbdImageFromSnapshot(ctx, rbdSnap, parentVol)
diff --git a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
index 31b330b4d37..c50ebedd2c9 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/rbd_util.go
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@ func (ri *rbdImage) flattenParent(ctx context.Context, hardLimit, softLimit uint
 	if parentImage == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	defer parentImage.Destroy()
 
 	return parentImage.flattenRbdImage(ctx, false, hardLimit, softLimit)
 }