diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/erasure-code-profile.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/erasure-code-profile.go
index 223400f03..305b8cdc2 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/erasure-code-profile.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/erasure-code-profile.go
@@ -113,11 +113,12 @@ func DeleteErasureCodeProfile(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string, era
 
 func ModelPoolToCephPool(modelPool model.Pool) CephStoragePoolDetails {
 	pool := CephStoragePoolDetails{
-		Name:          modelPool.Name,
-		Number:        modelPool.Number,
-		FailureDomain: modelPool.FailureDomain,
-		CrushRoot:     modelPool.CrushRoot,
-		DeviceClass:   modelPool.DeviceClass,
+		Name:             modelPool.Name,
+		Number:           modelPool.Number,
+		FailureDomain:    modelPool.FailureDomain,
+		CrushRoot:        modelPool.CrushRoot,
+		DeviceClass:      modelPool.DeviceClass,
+		NotEnableAppPool: modelPool.NotEnableAppPool,
 	}
 
 	if modelPool.Type == model.Replicated {
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
index a2c3b6360..628b53678 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type CephStoragePoolDetails struct {
 	FailureDomain      string `json:"failureDomain"`
 	CrushRoot          string `json:"crushRoot"`
 	DeviceClass        string `json:"deviceClass"`
+	NotEnableAppPool   bool   `json:"notEnableAppPool"`
 }
 
 type CephStoragePoolStats struct {
@@ -241,9 +242,11 @@ func CreateECPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string, newPool C
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = givePoolAppTag(context, clusterName, newPool.Name, appName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !newPool.NotEnableAppPool {
+		err = givePoolAppTag(context, clusterName, newPool.Name, appName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	logger.Infof("creating EC pool %s succeeded, buf: %s", newPool.Name, string(buf))
@@ -269,9 +272,11 @@ func CreateReplicatedPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string, n
 	}
 
 	// ensure that the newly created pool gets an application tag
-	err = givePoolAppTag(context, clusterName, newPool.Name, appName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !newPool.NotEnableAppPool {
+		err = givePoolAppTag(context, clusterName, newPool.Name, appName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	logger.Infof("creating replicated pool %s succeeded, buf: %s", newPool.Name, string(buf))
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/model/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/model/pool.go
index d37ec1be9..72f0c91f7 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/model/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/model/pool.go
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ type Pool struct {
 	DeviceClass        string                 `json:"deviceClass"`
 	ReplicatedConfig   ReplicatedPoolConfig   `json:"replicatedConfig"`
 	ErasureCodedConfig ErasureCodedPoolConfig `json:"erasureCodedConfig"`
+	NotEnableAppPool   bool                   `json:"notEnableAppPool"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
index 629a4f5a2..25f9b1bd4 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ func newFS(name string, metadataPool *model.Pool, dataPools []*model.Pool, activ
 		pool.Name = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s%d", name, dataPoolSuffix, i)
 	}
 
+	// For the filesystem pool we don't want to enable the application pool
+	// since it's being done via 'fs new' already
+	metadataPool.NotEnableAppPool = true
+
 	return &Filesystem{
 		Name:           name,
 		metadataPool:   metadataPool,