diff --git a/pkg/zfs/volume.go b/pkg/zfs/volume.go
index eb374dd70..e153c2572 100644
--- a/pkg/zfs/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/zfs/volume.go
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ func ProvisionVolume(
 	zv, err := GetZFSVolume(vol.Name)
 
 	if err == nil {
-		// update the spec and status
+		// update the finalizers spec and status
+		zv.Finalizers = vol.Finalizers
 		zv.Spec = vol.Spec
 		zv.Status = vol.Status
 		_, err = volbuilder.NewKubeclient().WithNamespace(OpenEBSNamespace).Update(zv)