diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
index fc7e4b9cf..4e7edf198 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ func createReplicatedPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterI
 		// Create the pool since it doesn't exist yet
 		// If there was some error other than ENOENT (not exists), go ahead and ensure the pool is created anyway
 		args := []string{"osd", "pool", "create", pool.Name, pgCount, "replicated", crushRuleName, "--size", strconv.FormatUint(uint64(pool.Replicated.Size), 10)}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(pool.Name, ".") && clusterInfo.CephVersion.IsAtLeastReef() {
+			args = append(args, "--yes-i-really-mean-it")
+		}
 		output, err := NewCephCommand(context, clusterInfo, args).Run()
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create replicated pool %s. %s", pool.Name, string(output))
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/nfs.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/nfs.go
index 3b1635e13..04d8ce62b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/nfs.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/nfs.go
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ func (r *ReconcileCephNFS) configureNFSPool(n *cephv1.CephNFS) error {
 	logger.Infof("configuring pool %q for nfs", poolName)
 
 	args := []string{"osd", "pool", "create", poolName}
+	if r.clusterInfo.CephVersion.IsAtLeastReef() {
+		args = append(args, "--yes-i-really-mean-it")
+	}
 	output, err := cephclient.NewCephCommand(r.context, r.clusterInfo, args).Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create default NFS pool %q. %s", poolName, string(output))