diff --git a/pkg/nfs/nodeserver.go b/pkg/nfs/nodeserver.go
index 6f11d6e1d..ac28dd22e 100644
--- a/pkg/nfs/nodeserver.go
+++ b/pkg/nfs/nodeserver.go
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ func (ns *NodeServer) NodePublishVolume(_ context.Context, req *csi.NodePublishV
 	}
 	timeoutFunc := func() error { return fmt.Errorf("time out") }
 	if err := WaitUntilTimeout(90*time.Second, execFunc, timeoutFunc); err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, fmt.Sprintf("volume(%s) mount %q on %q failed with %v", volumeID, source, targetPath, err))
-	}
-	err = ns.mounter.Mount(source, targetPath, "nfs", mountOptions)
-	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsPermission(err) {
 			return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, err.Error())
 		}