diff --git a/pkg/driver/driver.go b/pkg/driver/driver.go
index a3510beb7..6800384ad 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/driver.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -129,10 +130,9 @@ func (d *Driver) Run() error {
 
 	// Remove taint from node to indicate driver startup success
 	// This is done at the last possible moment to prevent race conditions or false positive removals
-	err = removeNotReadyTaint(cloud.DefaultKubernetesAPIClient)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Unexpected failure when attempting to remove node taint(s)")
-	}
+	go tryRemoveNotReadyTaintUntilSucceed(time.Second, func() error {
+		return removeNotReadyTaint(cloud.DefaultKubernetesAPIClient)
+	})
 
 	klog.Infof("Listening for connections on address: %#v", listener.Addr())
 	return d.srv.Serve(listener)
diff --git a/pkg/driver/node.go b/pkg/driver/node.go
index d080d0d47..b730bff0d 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/node.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/node.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-efs-csi-driver/pkg/cloud"
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ type JSONPatch struct {
 	Value interface{} `json:"value"`
 }
 
-// removeNotReadyTaint removes the taint ebs.csi.aws.com/agent-not-ready from the local node
+// removeNotReadyTaint removes the taint efs.csi.aws.com/agent-not-ready from the local node
 // This taint can be optionally applied by users to prevent startup race conditions such as
 // https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/95911
 func removeNotReadyTaint(k8sClient cloud.KubernetesAPIClient) error {
@@ -524,3 +525,16 @@ func removeNotReadyTaint(k8sClient cloud.KubernetesAPIClient) error {
 	klog.InfoS("Removed taint(s) from local node", "node", nodeName)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// remove taint may failed, this keep retring until succeed, make sure the taint will eventually being removed
+func tryRemoveNotReadyTaintUntilSucceed(interval time.Duration, removeFn func() error) {
+	for {
+		err := removeFn()
+		if err == nil {
+			return
+		}
+
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Unexpected failure when attempting to remove node taint(s)")
+		time.Sleep(interval)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/node_test.go b/pkg/driver/node_test.go
index 4e578fce9..f1b01cb73 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/node_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package driver
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -1012,3 +1013,32 @@ func getNodeMock(mockCtl *gomock.Controller, nodeName string, returnNode *corev1
 
 	return mockClient, mockNode
 }
+
+func TestTryRemoveNotReadyTaintUntilSucceed(t *testing.T) {
+	{
+		i := 0
+		tryRemoveNotReadyTaintUntilSucceed(time.Second, func() error {
+			i++
+			if i < 3 {
+				return errors.New("test")
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
+
+		if i != 3 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result")
+		}
+	}
+	{
+		i := 0
+		tryRemoveNotReadyTaintUntilSucceed(time.Second, func() error {
+			i++
+			return nil
+		})
+
+		if i != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result")
+		}
+	}
+}