diff --git a/tests/post/features/volume.feature b/tests/post/features/volume.feature
index cb36912a33..1583f01732 100644
--- a/tests/post/features/volume.feature
+++ b/tests/post/features/volume.feature
@@ -166,3 +166,20 @@ Feature: Volume management
         When I delete the Volume 'test-volume11'
         Then the Volume 'test-volume11' does not exist
         And the PersistentVolume 'test-volume11' does not exist
+
+    Scenario: Test volume creation (raw sparseLoopDevice)
+        Given the Kubernetes API is available
+        When I create the following Volume:
+            apiVersion: storage.metalk8s.scality.com/v1alpha1
+            kind: Volume
+            metadata:
+              name: test-volume12
+            spec:
+              nodeName: bootstrap
+              storageClassName: metalk8s-prometheus
+              sparseLoopDevice:
+                size: 10Gi
+                noFormat: true
+        Then the Volume 'test-volume12' is 'Available'
+        And the PersistentVolume 'test-volume12' has size '10Gi'
+        And the backing storage for Volume 'test-volume12' is created
diff --git a/tests/post/steps/test_volume.py b/tests/post/steps/test_volume.py
index d138738a9d..890d58bb95 100644
--- a/tests/post/steps/test_volume.py
+++ b/tests/post/steps/test_volume.py
@@ -434,7 +434,10 @@ def check_storage_is_created(context, host, name):
     size = int(host.check_output('stat -c %s {}'.format(path)))
     assert _quantity_to_bytes(capacity) == size
     # Check that the loop device is mounted.
-    host.run_test('test -b /dev/disk/by-uuid/{}'.format(uuid))
+    if volume['spec']['sparseLoopDevice'].get('noFormat', False):
+        host.run_test('test -b /dev/disk/by-partlabel/{}'.format(uuid))
+    else:
+        host.run_test('test -b /dev/disk/by-uuid/{}'.format(uuid))
 
 
 @then(parsers.parse("the backing storage for Volume '{name}' is deleted"))