diff --git a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
index 0cb6baf3e..1bfe843ec 100644
--- a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -424,11 +424,6 @@ func setupDataCache(ctx context.Context, nodeName string, nodeId string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to Raid local SSDs, unable to setup Data Cache, got error %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Initializing data cache node (VG checks w/ raided lssd)
-	if err := driver.InitializeDataCacheNode(nodeId); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	klog.V(4).Infof("LSSD caching is setup for the Data Cache enabled node %s", nodeName)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/cache.go b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/cache.go
index 32ef0faa0..eaf7692a8 100644
--- a/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/gce-pd-csi-driver/cache.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func setupCaching(devicePath string, req *csi.NodeStageVolumeRequest, nodeId str
 	if vgExists {
 		// Clean up Volume Group before adding the PD
 		reduceVolumeGroup(volumeGroupName, true)
+		validateRaidedLSSDinVG(volumeGroupName, raidedLocalSsdPath)
 	} else {
 		err := createVg(volumeGroupName, raidedLocalSsdPath)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -581,33 +582,6 @@ func fetchChunkSizeKiB(cacheSize string) (string, error) {
 	return strconv.FormatInt(int64(chunkSize), 10) + "KiB", nil
 }
 
-func InitializeDataCacheNode(nodeId string) error {
-	raidedLocalSsdPath, err := fetchRAIDedLocalSsdPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	volumeGroupName := getVolumeGroupName(nodeId)
-
-	vgExists := checkVgExists(volumeGroupName)
-	// Check if the required volume group already exists
-	if vgExists {
-		// Clean up Volume Group before adding the PD
-		reduceVolumeGroup(volumeGroupName, true)
-
-		// validate that raidedLSSD is part of VG
-		err = validateRaidedLSSDinVG(volumeGroupName, raidedLocalSsdPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed validate local ssd in vg %v: %v", volumeGroupName, err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		err := createVg(volumeGroupName, raidedLocalSsdPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func StartWatcher(nodeName string) {
 	dirToWatch := "/dev/"
 	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()