diff --git a/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go b/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
index cd6f6efac..737f5e0ff 100644
--- a/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
@@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) DeleteVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.DeleteVol
 		internalVolumePath := getInternalVolumePath(cs.Driver.workingMountDir, nfsVol)
 
 		if strings.EqualFold(nfsVol.onDelete, archive) {
-			archivedNfsVol := *nfsVol
-			archivedNfsVol.subDir = "archived-" + nfsVol.subDir
-			archivedInternalVolumePath := getArchivedInternalVolumePath(cs.Driver.workingMountDir, nfsVol, &archivedNfsVol)
+			archivedInternalVolumePath := filepath.Join(getInternalMountPath(cs.Driver.workingMountDir, nfsVol), "archived-"+nfsVol.subDir)
 
 			// archive subdirectory under base-dir
 			klog.V(2).Infof("archiving subdirectory %s --> %s", internalVolumePath, archivedInternalVolumePath)
@@ -686,10 +684,6 @@ func getInternalVolumePath(workingMountDir string, vol *nfsVolume) string {
 	return filepath.Join(getInternalMountPath(workingMountDir, vol), vol.subDir)
 }
 
-func getArchivedInternalVolumePath(workingMountDir string, vol *nfsVolume, archVol *nfsVolume) string {
-	return filepath.Join(getInternalMountPath(workingMountDir, vol), archVol.subDir)
-}
-
 // Given a nfsVolume, return a CSI volume id
 func getVolumeIDFromNfsVol(vol *nfsVolume) string {
 	idElements := make([]string, totalIDElements)