diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/csi.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/csi.go
index 9e91f89f0..0b21d6674 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/csi.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/csi.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package csi
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -369,5 +370,25 @@ func (r *ReconcileCSI) setParams() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if strings.HasSuffix(CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix, ".") {
+		// As operator is adding a dot at the end of the prefix, we should not
+		// allow the user to add a dot at the end of the prefix. as it will
+		// result in two dots at the end of the prefix. which cases the csi
+		// driver name creation failure
+		return errors.Errorf("driver name prefix %q should not end with a dot", CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix)
+	}
+
+	err = validateCSIDriverNamePrefix(r.opManagerContext, r.context.Clientset, r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace, CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Add a dot at the end of the prefix for having the driver name prefix
+	// with format <prefix>.<driver-name>
+	CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s.", CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix)
+
+	// Set the driver names
+	CephFSDriverName = CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix + cephFSDriverSuffix
+	RBDDriverName = CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix + rbdDriverSuffix
+	NFSDriverName = CSIParam.DriverNamePrefix + nfsDriverSuffix
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
index 77e908902..ef02dd96c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package csi
 import (
 	"context"
 	_ "embed"
-	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -313,26 +312,6 @@ func (r *ReconcileCSI) startDrivers(ownerInfo *k8sutil.OwnerInfo) error {
 		Namespace: r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace,
 	}
 
-	if strings.HasSuffix(tp.DriverNamePrefix, ".") {
-		// As operator is adding a dot at the end of the prefix, we should not
-		// allow the user to add a dot at the end of the prefix. as it will
-		// result in two dots at the end of the prefix. which cases the csi
-		// driver name creation failure
-		return errors.Errorf("driver name prefix %q should not end with a dot", tp.DriverNamePrefix)
-	}
-
-	err = validateCSIDriverNamePrefix(r.opManagerContext, r.context.Clientset, r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace, tp.DriverNamePrefix)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// Add a dot at the end of the prefix for having the driver name prefix
-	// with format <prefix>.<driver-name>
-	tp.DriverNamePrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s.", tp.DriverNamePrefix)
-
-	CephFSDriverName = tp.DriverNamePrefix + cephFSDriverSuffix
-	RBDDriverName = tp.DriverNamePrefix + rbdDriverSuffix
-	NFSDriverName = tp.DriverNamePrefix + nfsDriverSuffix
-
 	tp.Param.MountCustomCephConf = CustomCSICephConfigExists
 
 	if EnableRBD {
@@ -662,10 +641,6 @@ func (r *ReconcileCSI) startDrivers(ownerInfo *k8sutil.OwnerInfo) error {
 }
 
 func (r *ReconcileCSI) stopDrivers() error {
-	RBDDriverName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.rbd.csi.ceph.com", r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace)
-	CephFSDriverName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.cephfs.csi.ceph.com", r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace)
-	NFSDriverName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.nfs.csi.ceph.com", r.opConfig.OperatorNamespace)
-
 	if !EnableRBD || EnableCSIOperator() {
 		logger.Debugf("either EnableRBD if `false` or EnableCSIOperator is `true`, `EnableRBD is %t` and `EnableCSIOperator is %t", EnableRBD, EnableCSIOperator())
 		err := r.deleteCSIDriverResources(CsiRBDPlugin, csiRBDProvisioner, "csi-rbdplugin-metrics", RBDDriverName)