diff --git a/pkg/azuredisk/azure_common_linux.go b/pkg/azuredisk/azure_common_linux.go
index e9688d8ceb..0c0d3e4db4 100644
--- a/pkg/azuredisk/azure_common_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/azuredisk/azure_common_linux.go
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ func findDiskByLun(lun int, io azureutils.IOHandler, _ *mount.SafeFormatAndMount
 }
 
 func formatAndMount(source, target, fstype string, options []string, m *mount.SafeFormatAndMount) error {
+	if newOptions, exists := azureutils.RemoveOptionIfExists(options, "noformat"); exists {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("formatAndMount - skip format for %s, old options: %v, new options: %v", target, options, newOptions)
+		return m.Mount(source, target, fstype, newOptions)
+	}
 	return m.FormatAndMount(source, target, fstype, options)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils.go b/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils.go
index 775274e85e..8051aa2bf6 100644
--- a/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils.go
@@ -839,3 +839,14 @@ func RunPowershellCmd(command string, envs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	klog.V(6).Infof("Executing command: %q", cmd.String())
 	return cmd.CombinedOutput()
 }
+
+// RemoveOptionIfExists removes the given option from the list of options
+// return the new list and a boolean indicating whether the option was found.
+func RemoveOptionIfExists(options []string, removeOption string) ([]string, bool) {
+	for i, option := range options {
+		if option == removeOption {
+			return append(options[:i], options[i+1:]...), true
+		}
+	}
+	return options, false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils_test.go b/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils_test.go
index 2dc4aac71e..0648f3329a 100644
--- a/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/azureutils/azure_disk_utils_test.go
@@ -1964,3 +1964,64 @@ func TestIsThrottlingError(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRemoveOptionIfExists(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		desc            string
+		options         []string
+		removeOption    string
+		expectedOptions []string
+		expected        bool
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:         "nil options",
+			removeOption: "option",
+			expected:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "empty options",
+			options:         []string{},
+			removeOption:    "option",
+			expectedOptions: []string{},
+			expected:        false,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "option not found",
+			options:         []string{"option1", "option2"},
+			removeOption:    "option",
+			expectedOptions: []string{"option1", "option2"},
+			expected:        false,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "option found in the last element",
+			options:         []string{"option1", "option2", "option"},
+			removeOption:    "option",
+			expectedOptions: []string{"option1", "option2"},
+			expected:        true,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "option found in the first element",
+			options:         []string{"option", "option1", "option2"},
+			removeOption:    "option",
+			expectedOptions: []string{"option1", "option2"},
+			expected:        true,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "option found in the middle element",
+			options:         []string{"option1", "option", "option2"},
+			removeOption:    "option",
+			expectedOptions: []string{"option1", "option2"},
+			expected:        true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		result, exists := RemoveOptionIfExists(test.options, test.removeOption)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, test.expectedOptions) {
+			t.Errorf("test[%s]: unexpected output: %v, expected result: %v", test.desc, result, test.expectedOptions)
+		}
+		if exists != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("test[%s]: unexpected output: %v, expected result: %v", test.desc, exists, test.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}