diff --git a/pkg/common/utils.go b/pkg/common/utils.go
index 26ecb5a8d..191bf9bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/common/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/common/utils.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ const (
 	// Full or partial URL of the machine type resource, in the format:
 	//   zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
 	machineTypePattern = "zones/[^/]+/machineTypes/([^/]+)$"
+
+	// User-caused quota exceeded messages
+	stockoutError = "QUOTA_EXCEEDED"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -340,6 +343,9 @@ func CodeForError(err error) *codes.Code {
 	if code := isContextError(err); code != nil {
 		return code
 	}
+	if code := isStockoutError(err); code != nil {
+		return code
+	}
 
 	internalErrorCode := codes.Internal
 	// Upwrap the error
@@ -361,6 +367,19 @@ func CodeForError(err error) *codes.Code {
 	return &internalErrorCode
 }
 
+// isStockout returns a pointer to the grpc error code ResourceExhausted
+// if the passed in error contains the "ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED"
+func isStockoutError(err error) *codes.Code {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), stockoutError) {
+		return errCodePtr(codes.ResourceExhausted)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // isContextError returns a pointer to the grpc error code DeadlineExceeded
 // if the passed in error contains the "context deadline exceeded" string and returns
 // the grpc error code Canceled if the error contains the "context canceled" string.
diff --git a/pkg/common/utils_test.go b/pkg/common/utils_test.go
index 0fbb5a0b0..b3bdf2eca 100644
--- a/pkg/common/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/utils_test.go
@@ -1001,6 +1001,11 @@ func TestCodeForError(t *testing.T) {
 			inputErr: context.DeadlineExceeded,
 			expCode:  errCodePtr(codes.DeadlineExceeded),
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "user-caused stockout error",
+			inputErr: fmt.Errorf("csi.v1.Controller/CreateVolume returned with error: rpc error: code = Internal desc = CreateVolume failed to create single zonal disk test-pvc: failed to insert zonal disk: unknown Insert disk operation error: operation CreateDisk failed (QUOTA_EXCEEDED): Quota 'SSD_TOTAL_GB' exceeded. Limit: 100.00 in region us-central1."),
+			expCode:  errCodePtr(codes.ResourceExhausted),
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "status error with Aborted error code",
 			inputErr: status.Error(codes.Aborted, "aborted error"),