diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/poddisruptionbudget-controller.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/poddisruptionbudget-controller.yaml
index 0a1e97cc0b..16b61795ed 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/poddisruptionbudget-controller.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/poddisruptionbudget-controller.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.controller.podDisruptionBudget -}}
 apiVersion: policy/v1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
@@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ spec:
   {{- else }}
   minAvailable: 2
   {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 75a445742e..a15e1b6654 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ controller:
   deploymentAnnotations: {}
   podAnnotations: {}
   podLabels: {}
+  # Warning: Disabling PodDisruptionBudget may lead to stateful workloads not starting due to lack of controller pods
+  podDisruptionBudget: true
   priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
   # AWS region to use. If not specified then the region will be looked up via the AWS EC2 metadata
   # service.