diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus.go
index c8045f5db..9cc8ae515 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus.go
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ func (c *cephStatusChecker) getRookPodsOnNode(node string) ([]v1.Pod, error) {
 		"rook-ceph-mgr",
 		"rook-ceph-mds",
 		"rook-ceph-rgw",
+		"rook-ceph-exporter",
 	}
 	podsOnNode := []v1.Pod{}
 	listOpts := metav1.ListOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus_test.go
index 1652d3051..564f72316 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cephstatus_test.go
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ func TestGetRookPodsOnNode(t *testing.T) {
 		{"app": "rook-ceph-rgw"},
 		{"app": "user-app"},
 		{"app": "rook-ceph-mon"},
+		{"app": "rook-ceph-exporter"},
 	}
 
 	pod := v1.Pod{
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ func TestGetRookPodsOnNode(t *testing.T) {
 	pods, err := c.getRookPodsOnNode("node0")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	// A pod is having two matching labels and its returned only once
-	assert.Equal(t, 11, len(pods))
+	assert.Equal(t, 12, len(pods))
 
 	podNames := []string{}
 	for _, pod := range pods {