diff --git a/controllers/replication.storage/pvc.go b/controllers/replication.storage/pvc.go
index 59ccda47d..ba8bd8f23 100644
--- a/controllers/replication.storage/pvc.go
+++ b/controllers/replication.storage/pvc.go
@@ -91,3 +91,19 @@ func (r *VolumeReplicationReconciler) annotatePVCWithOwner(ctx context.Context,
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation removes the VolumeReplication owner from the PVC annotations.
+func (r *VolumeReplicationReconciler) removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, pvc *corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim) error {
+
+	if _, ok := pvc.ObjectMeta.Annotations[replicationv1alpha1.VolumeReplicationNameAnnotation]; ok {
+		logger.Info("removing annotation from PersistentVolumeClaim object", "Annotation", replicationv1alpha1.VolumeReplicationNameAnnotation)
+		delete(pvc.ObjectMeta.Annotations, replicationv1alpha1.VolumeReplicationNameAnnotation)
+		if err := r.Client.Update(ctx, pvc); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove annotation %q from PersistentVolumeClaim "+
+				"%q %w",
+				replicationv1alpha1.VolumeReplicationNameAnnotation, pvc.Name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/controllers/replication.storage/pvc_test.go b/controllers/replication.storage/pvc_test.go
index 84437819c..416185372 100644
--- a/controllers/replication.storage/pvc_test.go
+++ b/controllers/replication.storage/pvc_test.go
@@ -236,5 +236,25 @@ func TestVolumeReplicationReconciler_annotatePVCWithOwner(t *testing.T) {
 		} else {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 		}
+
+		err = reconciler.removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation(context.TODO(), log.FromContext(context.TODO()), testPVC)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// try calling delete again, it should not fail
+		err = reconciler.removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation(context.TODO(), log.FromContext(context.TODO()), testPVC)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	}
+
+	// try removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation for empty map
+	pvc := &corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "pvc-name",
+			Namespace: mockNamespace,
+		},
 	}
+	volumeReplication := &replicationv1alpha1.VolumeReplication{}
+	reconciler := createFakeVolumeReplicationReconciler(t, pvc, volumeReplication)
+	err := reconciler.removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation(context.TODO(), log.FromContext(context.TODO()), pvc)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
diff --git a/controllers/replication.storage/volumereplication_controller.go b/controllers/replication.storage/volumereplication_controller.go
index cfbf0dbd3..d27e3363d 100644
--- a/controllers/replication.storage/volumereplication_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/replication.storage/volumereplication_controller.go
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ func (r *VolumeReplicationReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Re
 
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
+
+			if err = r.removeOwnerFromPVCAnnotation(ctx, logger, pvc); err != nil {
+				logger.Error(err, "Failed to remove VolumeReplication annotation from PersistentVolumeClaim")
+
+				return reconcile.Result{}, err
+			}
+
 			if err = r.removeFinalizerFromPVC(logger, pvc); err != nil {
 				logger.Error(err, "Failed to remove PersistentVolumeClaim finalizer")