diff --git a/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver.go b/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver.go
index 6c646889d0..b3dc2f95fe 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver.go
@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateS
 		properties := map[string]string{cinderCSIClusterIDKey: cs.Driver.cluster}
 
 		// see https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/375/
-		for _, mKey := range []string{"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/name", "csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/namespace", "csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshotcontent/name"} {
+		// Also, we don't want to tag every param but we still want to send the
+		// 'force-create' flag to openstack layer so that we will honor the
+		// force create functions
+		for _, mKey := range []string{"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/name", "csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/namespace", "csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshotcontent/name", openstack.SnapshotForceCreate} {
 			if v, ok := req.Parameters[mKey]; ok {
 				properties[mKey] = v
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver_test.go b/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver_test.go
index c3585bca7c..91241af16f 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/cinder/controllerserver_test.go
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ func TestCreateSnapshotWithExtraMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/name":        FakeSnapshotName,
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshotcontent/name": FakeSnapshotContentName,
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/namespace":   FakeSnapshotNamespace,
+		openstack.SnapshotForceCreate:                   "true",
 	}
 
 	osmock.On("CreateSnapshot", FakeSnapshotName, FakeVolID, &properties).Return(&FakeSnapshotRes, nil)
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ func TestCreateSnapshotWithExtraMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 			"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/name":        FakeSnapshotName,
 			"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshotcontent/name": FakeSnapshotContentName,
 			"csi.storage.k8s.io/volumesnapshot/namespace":   FakeSnapshotNamespace,
+			openstack.SnapshotForceCreate:                   "true",
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/csi/cinder/openstack/openstack_snapshots.go b/pkg/csi/cinder/openstack/openstack_snapshots.go
index 478b5bfde4..1e1a54ac28 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/cinder/openstack/openstack_snapshots.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/cinder/openstack/openstack_snapshots.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const (
 	snapReadySteps      = 10
 
 	snapshotDescription = "Created by OpenStack Cinder CSI driver"
-	snapshotForceCreate = "force-create"
+	SnapshotForceCreate = "force-create"
 )
 
 // CreateSnapshot issues a request to take a Snapshot of the specified Volume with the corresponding ID and
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ func (os *OpenStack) CreateSnapshot(name, volID string, tags *map[string]string)
 	force := false
 	// if no flag given, then force will be false by default
 	// if flag it given , check it
-	if item, ok := (*tags)[snapshotForceCreate]; ok {
+	if item, ok := (*tags)[SnapshotForceCreate]; ok {
 		var err error
 		force, err = strconv.ParseBool(item)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.V(5).Infof("Make force create flag to false due to: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		delete(*tags, snapshotForceCreate)
+		delete(*tags, SnapshotForceCreate)
 	}
 	// Force the creation of snapshot even the Volume is in in-use state
 	opts := &snapshots.CreateOpts{