diff --git a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
index b2157960f..195b79c64 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/controller.go
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ func (gceCS *GCEControllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.Cre
 
 	// Validate if disk already exists
 	existingDisk, err := gceCS.CloudProvider.GetDisk(ctx, gceCS.CloudProvider.GetDefaultProject(), volKey, gceAPIVersion)
-	diskTypeForMetric = metrics.GetDiskType(existingDisk)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !gce.IsGCEError(err, "notFound") {
 			return nil, common.LoggedError("CreateVolume, failed to getDisk when validating: ", err)