diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f11a4002..7c8a88d4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Configure the custom topology keys (if needed). This can be used for many purpos
 https://github.com/openebs/zfs-localpv/blob/HEAD/docs/faq.md#6-how-to-add-custom-topology-key
 
 ### Installation
+In order to support moving data to a new node later on, you must label each node with a unique value for `openebs.io/nodeid`.
+For more information on migrating data, please [see here](docs/faq.md#8-how-to-migrate-pvs-to-the-new-node-in-case-old-node-is-not-accessible)
 
 We can install the latest release of OpenEBS ZFS driver by running the following command:
 ```bash
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/450-nodeid-fix.md b/changelogs/unreleased/450-nodeid-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eeef98d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/450-nodeid-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix regression introduced with v2.0.0 that caused the plugin code to not be able to start when a user sets openebs.io/nodeid
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/driver/controller.go b/pkg/driver/controller.go
index 154655641..23acb2b1c 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/controller.go
@@ -918,7 +918,12 @@ func (cs *controller) GetCapacity(
 
 	var availableCapacity int64
 	for _, nodeName := range nodeNames {
-		v, exists, err := zfsNodesCache.GetByKey(zfs.OpenEBSNamespace + "/" + nodeName)
+		mappedNodeId, mapErr := zfs.GetNodeID(nodeName)
+		if mapErr != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("Unable to find mapped node id for %s", nodeName)
+			mappedNodeId = nodeName
+		}
+		v, exists, err := zfsNodesCache.GetByKey(zfs.OpenEBSNamespace + "/" + mappedNodeId)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Warning("unexpected error after querying the zfsNode informer cache")
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/mgmt/zfsnode/start.go b/pkg/mgmt/zfsnode/start.go
index 395ae4f92..20cf6bdad 100644
--- a/pkg/mgmt/zfsnode/start.go
+++ b/pkg/mgmt/zfsnode/start.go
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ package zfsnode
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -27,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openebs/zfs-localpv/pkg/zfs"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
@@ -60,10 +67,38 @@ func Start(controllerMtx *sync.RWMutex, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 			options.FieldSelector = fields.OneTermEqualSelector("metadata.name", zfs.NodeID).String()
 		}))
 
-	k8sNode, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), zfs.NodeID, metav1.GetOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "fetch k8s node %s", zfs.NodeID)
+	nodeName := os.Getenv("OPENEBS_NODE_NAME")
+	var k8sNode v1.Node
+
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(zfs.NodeID)) == 0 || nodeName == zfs.NodeID {
+		k8sNodeCandidate, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), zfs.NodeID, metav1.GetOptions{})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "fetch k8s node %s", zfs.NodeID)
+		}
+
+		k8sNode = *k8sNodeCandidate
+
+	} else {
+		topologyRequirement, requirementError := labels.NewRequirement(zfs.ZFSTopologyKey, selection.Equals, []string{zfs.NodeID})
+		if requirementError != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(requirementError, "Unable to generate topology requirement by %s for node id %s", zfs.ZFSTopologyKey, zfs.NodeID)
+		}
+		topologySelector := labels.NewSelector().Add(*topologyRequirement).String()
+		klog.Infof("The topology selector is %s", topologySelector)
+
+		k8sNodeCandidate, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: topologySelector,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error trying to find node with label %s having value %s", zfs.ZFSTopologyKey, zfs.NodeID)
+		}
+		if k8sNodeCandidate == nil || len(k8sNodeCandidate.Items) != 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve a single node by %s for %s", zfs.ZFSTopologyKey, zfs.NodeID)
+		}
+		k8sNode = k8sNodeCandidate.Items[0]
 	}
+
 	isTrue := true
 	// as object returned by client go clears all TypeMeta from it.
 	nodeGVK := &schema.GroupVersionKind{