diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
index b7089f94b..7d26c3239 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
@@ -529,7 +529,15 @@ func extractPoolDetails(rule ruleSpec) (string, string) {
 			failureDomain = step.Type
 		}
 		if step.ItemName != "" {
-			deviceClass = step.ItemName
+			// we are not using crushRoot currently, remove it
+			// from crush rule
+			if strings.Contains(step.ItemName, "~") {
+				crushRootAndDeviceClass := step.ItemName
+				parts := strings.SplitN(crushRootAndDeviceClass, "~", 2)
+				deviceClass = parts[1]
+			} else {
+				deviceClass = step.ItemName
+			}
 		}
 		// We expect the rule to be found by the second step, or else it is a more
 		// complex rule that would not be supported for updating the failure domain
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
index b2fa1add2..929e8b832 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ func TestExtractPoolDetails(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "zone", failureDomain)
 		assert.Equal(t, "ssd", deviceClass)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("valid crush rule with crushroot combined", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rule := ruleSpec{Steps: []stepSpec{
+			{Type: ""},
+			{Type: "zone", ItemName: "default~ssd"},
+		}}
+		failureDomain, deviceClass := extractPoolDetails(rule)
+		assert.Equal(t, "zone", failureDomain)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ssd", deviceClass)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestGetPoolStatistics(t *testing.T) {