diff --git a/provisioner.go b/provisioner.go
index b3380e7224008157166ed4d03cf95d41475ed895..0afbbfe768438a8ee22f5bc4b7083fc63f926798 100644
--- a/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (p *LocalPathProvisioner) Provision(opts pvController.ProvisionOptions) (*v
 	}
 
 	fs := v1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
-	hostPathType := v1.HostPathDirectoryOrCreate
+	hostPathType := v1.HostPathDirectory
 	return &v1.PersistentVolume{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: name,