diff --git a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/manager.go b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/manager.go
index 5ff8cea835090c..4d63fbb2a6ca66 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/manager.go
+++ b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/manager.go
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ func (m *Manager) StartWorkspace(ctx context.Context, req *api.StartWorkspaceReq
 	}
 	span.LogKV("event", "pod description created")
 
-	var createPVC bool
+	var (
+		createPVC         bool
+		pvc               *corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		volumeRestoreTime time.Time
+	)
 	for _, feature := range startContext.Request.Spec.FeatureFlags {
 		if feature == api.WorkspaceFeatureFlag_PERSISTENT_VOLUME_CLAIM {
 			createPVC = true
@@ -223,14 +227,15 @@ func (m *Manager) StartWorkspace(ctx context.Context, req *api.StartWorkspaceReq
 	}
 	if createPVC {
 		clog.Info("PVC feature detected, creating PVC object")
-		pvc, err := m.createPVCForWorkspacePod(startContext)
+		pvc, err = m.createPVCForWorkspacePod(startContext)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot create pvc for workspace pod: %w", err)
 		}
 		err = m.Clientset.Create(ctx, pvc)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err != nil && !k8serr.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot create pvc object for workspace pod: %w", err)
 		}
+		volumeRestoreTime = time.Now()
 	}
 
 	// create the Pod in the cluster and wait until is scheduled
@@ -261,6 +266,21 @@ func (m *Manager) StartWorkspace(ctx context.Context, req *api.StartWorkspaceReq
 			return false, err
 		}
 
+		if createPVC {
+			err = wait.PollWithContext(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond, time.Minute, pvcRunning(m.Clientset, pvc.Name, pvc.Namespace))
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+
+			wsType := api.WorkspaceType_name[int32(req.Type)]
+			hist, err := m.metrics.volumeRestoreTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType, req.Spec.Class)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).WithField("type", wsType).Warn("cannot get volume restore time histogram metric")
+			} else {
+				hist.Observe(time.Since(volumeRestoreTime).Seconds())
+			}
+		}
+
 		// wait at least 60 seconds before deleting pending pod and trying again due to pending PVC attachment
 		err = wait.PollWithContext(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond, 60*time.Second, podRunning(m.Clientset, pod.Name, pod.Namespace))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -381,6 +401,20 @@ func podRunning(clientset client.Client, podName, namespace string) wait.Conditi
 	}
 }
 
+func pvcRunning(clientset client.Client, pvcName, namespace string) wait.ConditionWithContextFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		var pvc corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim
+		err := clientset.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: namespace, Name: pvcName}, &pvc)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		if pvc.Status.Phase == corev1.ClaimBound {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}
+
 // validateStartWorkspaceRequest ensures that acting on this request will not leave the system in an invalid state
 func validateStartWorkspaceRequest(req *api.StartWorkspaceRequest) error {
 	err := validation.ValidateStruct(req.Spec,
diff --git a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
index e0669ef3dd9277..9653dc2b2801b6 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
+++ b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type metrics struct {
 	initializeTimeHistVec     *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	finalizeTimeHistVec       *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	volumeRestoreTimeHistVec  *prometheus.HistogramVec
 
 	// Counter
 	totalStartsCounterVec         *prometheus.CounterVec
@@ -90,7 +91,14 @@ func newMetrics(m *Manager) *metrics {
 			Name:      "volume_snapshot_seconds",
 			Help:      "time it took to snapshot volume",
 			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(2, 2, 10),
-		}, []string{"type"}),
+		}, []string{"type", "class"}),
+		volumeRestoreTimeHistVec: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Subsystem: metricsWorkspaceSubsystem,
+			Name:      "volume_restore_seconds",
+			Help:      "time it took to restore volume",
+			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(2, 2, 10),
+		}, []string{"type", "class"}),
 		totalStartsCounterVec: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
 			Subsystem: metricsWorkspaceSubsystem,
@@ -178,6 +186,7 @@ func (m *metrics) Register(reg prometheus.Registerer) error {
 		m.initializeTimeHistVec,
 		m.finalizeTimeHistVec,
 		m.volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec,
+		m.volumeRestoreTimeHistVec,
 		newPhaseTotalVec(m.manager),
 		newWorkspaceActivityVec(m.manager),
 		newTimeoutSettingsVec(m.manager),
diff --git a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
index 85eea12454e054..163e447a00530f 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
+++ b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 					return true, nil, err
 				}
 				readyVolumeSnapshot = true
-				hist, err := m.manager.metrics.volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType)
+				hist, err := m.manager.metrics.volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType, wso.Pod.Labels[workspaceClassLabel])
 				if err != nil {
 					log.WithError(err).WithField("type", wsType).Warn("cannot get volume snapshot time histogram metric")
 				} else {