diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index 804931a96bbd..cecd72034bdc 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func readInstance(client *govmomi.Client, cfg *VSphereConfig) (string, string, e
 
 func newVSphere(cfg VSphereConfig) (*VSphere, error) {
 	if cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType == "" {
-		cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType = LSILogicSASControllerType
+		cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType = PVSCSIControllerType
 	} else if !checkControllerSupported(cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType) {
 		glog.Errorf("%v is not a supported SCSI Controller type. Please configure 'lsilogic-sas' OR 'pvscsi'", cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType)
 		return nil, errors.New("Controller type not supported. Please configure 'lsilogic-sas' OR 'pvscsi'")