diff --git a/pkg/azurefile/controllerserver.go b/pkg/azurefile/controllerserver.go
index 1ff89d7163..336bc04878 100644
--- a/pkg/azurefile/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/azurefile/controllerserver.go
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ func (d *Driver) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest)
 		}
 		if req.GetVolumeContentSource() != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ShareAlreadyExists") {
 			// for snapshot restore and volume cloning, ignore ShareAlreadyExists error since the file share should be created first
-			klog.Warningf("create file share(%s) on account(%s) type(%s) subID(%s) rg(%s) location(%s) size(%d), ignore ShareAlreadyExists error for snapshot restore and volume cloning, error: %v", validFileShareName, accountName, sku, subsID, resourceGroup, location, fileShareSize, err)
+			klog.Warningf("create file share(%s) on account(%s) type(%s) subID(%s) rg(%s) location(%s) size(%d), ignore ShareAlreadyExists error for snapshot restore and volume cloning", validFileShareName, accountName, sku, subsID, resourceGroup, location, fileShareSize)
+			err = nil
 		} else {
 			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to create file share(%s) on account(%s) type(%s) subsID(%s) rg(%s) location(%s) size(%d), error: %v", validFileShareName, account, sku, subsID, resourceGroup, location, fileShareSize, err)
 		}