diff --git a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
index 3ec067c3ecf..cc0fa1f53de 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/controllerserver.go
@@ -1471,23 +1471,13 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) DeleteSnapshot(
 	// Deleting snapshot and cloned volume
 	log.DebugLog(ctx, "deleting cloned rbd volume %s", rbdSnap.RbdSnapName)
 
-	rbdVol := rbdSnap.toVolume()
-
-	err = rbdVol.Connect(cr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-	}
-	defer rbdVol.Destroy(ctx)
-
-	rbdVol.ImageID = rbdSnap.ImageID
-	// update parent name to delete the snapshot
-	rbdSnap.RbdImageName = rbdVol.RbdImageName
-	err = cleanUpSnapshot(ctx, rbdVol, rbdSnap, rbdVol)
+	err = rbdSnap.Delete(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to delete image: %v", err)
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to delete rbd snapshot: %s with error: %v", rbdSnap, err)
 
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
+
 	err = undoSnapReservation(ctx, rbdSnap, cr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to remove reservation for snapname (%s) with backing snap (%s) on image (%s) (%s)",
diff --git a/internal/rbd/snapshot.go b/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
index 6a06cefc288..92e5fe4ce6d 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/snapshot.go
@@ -162,6 +162,30 @@ func (rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot) ToCSI(ctx context.Context) (*csi.Snapshot, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// Delete removes the snapshot from the RBD image and then
+// the RBD image itself.
+func (rbdSnap *rbdSnapshot) Delete(ctx context.Context) error {
+	rbdVol := rbdSnap.toVolume()
+
+	err := rbdVol.Connect(rbdSnap.conn.Creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer rbdVol.Destroy(ctx)
+
+	rbdVol.ImageID = rbdSnap.ImageID
+	// update parent name to delete the snapshot
+	rbdSnap.RbdImageName = rbdVol.RbdImageName
+	err = cleanUpSnapshot(ctx, rbdVol, rbdSnap, rbdVol)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed to delete image: %v", err)
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func undoSnapshotCloning(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	parentVol *rbdVolume,