diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
index b362a4a6a..fcf1778f4 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
@@ -765,7 +765,12 @@ func (c *Cluster) getPVCHostName(pvcName string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	for _, pod := range podList.Items {
-		return pod.Spec.NodeName, nil
+		name, err := k8sutil.GetNodeHostName(c.context.Clientset, pod.Spec.NodeName)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warningf("falling back to node name %s since hostname not found for node", pod.Spec.NodeName)
+			name = pod.Spec.NodeName
+		}
+		return name, nil
 	}
 	return "", err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
index 08cfa73f6..243b0099b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@ func GetNodeNameFromHostname(clientset kubernetes.Interface, hostName string) (s
 	return hostName, fmt.Errorf("node not found")
 }
 
+// GetNodeHostName returns the hostname label given the node name.
+func GetNodeHostName(clientset kubernetes.Interface, nodeName string) (string, error) {
+	node, err := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	hostname, ok := node.Labels[v1.LabelHostname]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("hostname not found on the node")
+	}
+	return hostname, nil
+}
+
 // GetNodeHostNames returns the name of the node resource mapped to their hostname label.
 // Typically these will be the same name, but sometimes they are not such as when nodes have a longer
 // dns name, but the hostname is short.