diff --git a/pkg/sidecar-controller/snapshot_controller_base.go b/pkg/sidecar-controller/snapshot_controller_base.go
index 2b2857c9..eb1984bc 100644
--- a/pkg/sidecar-controller/snapshot_controller_base.go
+++ b/pkg/sidecar-controller/snapshot_controller_base.go
@@ -97,17 +97,20 @@ func NewCSISnapshotSideCarController(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) { ctrl.enqueueContentWork(obj) },
 			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
-				// If the CSI driver fails to create a snapshot and returns a failure, the CSI Snapshotter sidecar
-				// will remove the "AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated" annotation from the VolumeSnapshotContent.
+				// If the CSI driver fails to create a snapshot and returns a failure (indicated by content.Status.Error), the
+				// CSI Snapshotter sidecar will remove the "AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated" annotation from the
+				// VolumeSnapshotContent.
 				// This will trigger a VolumeSnapshotContent update and it will cause the obj to be re-queued immediately
 				// and CSI CreateSnapshot will be called again without exponential backoff.
 				// So we are skipping the re-queue here to avoid CreateSnapshot being called without exponential backoff.
 				newSnapContent := newObj.(*crdv1.VolumeSnapshotContent)
-				oldSnapContent := oldObj.(*crdv1.VolumeSnapshotContent)
-				_, newExists := newSnapContent.ObjectMeta.Annotations[utils.AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated]
-				_, oldExists := oldSnapContent.ObjectMeta.Annotations[utils.AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated]
-				if !newExists && oldExists {
-					return
+				if newSnapContent.Status.Error != nil {
+					oldSnapContent := oldObj.(*crdv1.VolumeSnapshotContent)
+					_, newExists := newSnapContent.ObjectMeta.Annotations[utils.AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated]
+					_, oldExists := oldSnapContent.ObjectMeta.Annotations[utils.AnnVolumeSnapshotBeingCreated]
+					if !newExists && oldExists {
+						return
+					}
 				}
 				ctrl.enqueueContentWork(newObj)
 			},