diff --git a/deploy/kubectl/openebs-nfs-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/kubectl/openebs-nfs-provisioner.yaml
index 485c232..6f88a52 100644
--- a/deploy/kubectl/openebs-nfs-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubectl/openebs-nfs-provisioner.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ spec:
         #     value:  "kubernetes.io/storage-node,kubernetes.io/nfs-node"
         # - name: OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_NODE_AFFINITY
         #   value: "kubernetes.io/storage-node,kubernetes.io/nfs-node"
+        #   Provide a switch to turn off the function of clearing stale pvc to avoid
+        #.  garbage collecting an NFS backend PVC if the NFS PVC is deleted.
+        # - name: OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_GARBAGE_COLLECTION_ENABLED
+        #.  value: false
         - name: NODE_NAME
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
diff --git a/provisioner/env.go b/provisioner/env.go
index 9fcf767..8ca932a 100644
--- a/provisioner/env.go
+++ b/provisioner/env.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ const (
 	// NFSBackendPvcTimeout defines env name to store BackendPvcBoundTimeout value
 	NFSBackendPvcTimeout menv.ENVKey = "OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_BACKEND_PVC_TIMEOUT"
 
+	// The NFSGarbageCollectionEnable environment variable is the switch for the garbage collector.(default true)
+	NFSGarbageCollectionEnable menv.ENVKey = "OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_GARBAGE_COLLECTION_ENABLED"
+
 	// NFSServerImagePullSecret defines the env name to store the name of the image pull secret
 	NFSServerImagePullSecret menv.ENVKey = "OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_IMAGE_PULL_SECRET"
 )
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ func getBackendPvcTimeout() string {
 	return menv.Get(NFSBackendPvcTimeout)
 }
 
+func getNfsGarbageCollectionEnable() string {
+	return menv.GetOrDefault(NFSGarbageCollectionEnable, "true")
+}
 func getNfsServerImagePullSecret() string {
 	return menv.GetOrDefault(NFSServerImagePullSecret, "")
 }
diff --git a/provisioner/provisioner.go b/provisioner/provisioner.go
index a93b966..f3884be 100644
--- a/provisioner/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/provisioner.go
@@ -117,8 +117,18 @@ func NewProvisioner(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *clientset.Clientset) (*Prov
 	// and maintain it in cache
 	go k8sNodeInformer.Run(ctx.Done())
 
-	// Running garbage collector to perform cleanup for stale NFS resources
-	go RunGarbageCollector(ctx, kubeClient, pvTracker, nfsServerNs)
+	gcStr := getNfsGarbageCollectionEnable()
+	gcEnable, err := strconv.ParseBool(gcStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Invalid %s value=%s, using default value=true", NFSGarbageCollectionEnable, gcStr)
+		gcEnable = true
+	}
+	if gcEnable {
+		// Running garbage collector to perform cleanup for stale NFS resources
+		go RunGarbageCollector(ctx, kubeClient, pvTracker, nfsServerNs)
+	} else {
+		klog.Warning("Garbage collector is disabled")
+	}
 
 	return p, nil
 }