diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver.go
index 3f065ef54..5ce7f097c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	cephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
 	cephclient "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
+	opcontroller "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/controller"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileCSI) generateDriverSpec(cluster cephv1.CephCluster) (csiopv1.D
 		return csiopv1.DriverSpec{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create ceph-CSI operator config ImageSetConfigmap for CR %s", opConfigCRName)
 	}
 
+	controllerPluginHostNetwork := opcontroller.EnforceHostNetwork()
 	driverSpec := csiopv1.DriverSpec{
 		Log: &csiopv1.LogSpec{
 			Verbosity: int(CSIParam.LogLevel),
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileCSI) generateDriverSpec(cluster cephv1.CephCluster) (csiopv1.D
 			EnableSeLinuxHostMount: &CSIParam.EnablePluginSelinuxHostMount,
 		},
 		ControllerPlugin: &csiopv1.ControllerPluginSpec{
+			HostNetwork: &controllerPluginHostNetwork,
 			PodCommonSpec: csiopv1.PodCommonSpec{
 				PrioritylClassName: &CSIParam.PluginPriorityClassName,
 				Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver_test.go
index 9218a12f0..3b8ac7572 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/operator_driver_test.go
@@ -118,13 +118,15 @@ func TestReconcileCSI_createOrUpdateDriverResources(t *testing.T) {
 			c.SetName("testcluster")
 			c.NamespacedName()
 
+			cephv1.SetEnforceHostNetwork(true)
+			defer cephv1.SetEnforceHostNetwork(false)
 			err := r.createOrUpdateDriverResources(*cluster, c)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			// Test RBD driver
 			err = cl.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: fmt.Sprintf("%s.rbd.csi.ceph.com", c.Namespace), Namespace: ns}, driver)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
-
+			assert.True(t, *driver.Spec.ControllerPlugin.HostNetwork)
 			if tt.expectMultusAnnots {
 				// Verify that both NodePlugin and ControllerPlugin have Multus annotations
 				assert.Nil(t, driver.Spec.NodePlugin.PodCommonSpec.Annotations)