diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/dataprotectionapplication_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/dataprotectionapplication_types.go
index 209756c5ca..0051f77cb7 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/dataprotectionapplication_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/dataprotectionapplication_types.go
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ type VeleroConfig struct {
 	// LoadAffinityConfig is the config for data path load affinity.
 	// +optional
 	LoadAffinityConfig []*LoadAffinity `json:"loadAffinity,omitempty"`
+	// set DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling to true to omit
+	// the 1-second polling interval for the first 10 seconds while waiting
+	// for the snaphandle
+	// +optional
+	DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling bool `json:"disableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PodConfig defines the pod configuration options
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml b/bundle/manifests/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
index 37c296c01e..f0e545a949 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@ spec:
                             Use pod volume file system backup by default for volumes.
                             Matches backup.spec.defaultVolumesToFsBackup in Velero API.
                           type: boolean
+                        disableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling:
+                          description: |-
+                            set DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling to true to omit
+                            the 1-second polling interval for the first 10 seconds while waiting
+                            for the snaphandle
+                          type: boolean
                         disableFsBackup:
                           default: false
                           description: |-
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml b/config/crd/bases/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
index 656801a135..6d4943d506 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/oadp.openshift.io_dataprotectionapplications.yaml
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@ spec:
                             Use pod volume file system backup by default for volumes.
                             Matches backup.spec.defaultVolumesToFsBackup in Velero API.
                           type: boolean
+                        disableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling:
+                          description: |-
+                            set DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling to true to omit
+                            the 1-second polling interval for the first 10 seconds while waiting
+                            for the snaphandle
+                          type: boolean
                         disableFsBackup:
                           default: false
                           description: |-
diff --git a/internal/controller/velero.go b/internal/controller/velero.go
index 99d0005b11..65a4267f36 100644
--- a/internal/controller/velero.go
+++ b/internal/controller/velero.go
@@ -673,6 +673,12 @@ func (r *DataProtectionApplicationReconciler) customizeVeleroContainer(veleroCon
 			Value: "true",
 		}})
 	}
+	if dpa.Spec.Configuration.Velero == nil || !dpa.Spec.Configuration.Velero.DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling {
+		veleroContainer.Env = common.AppendUniqueEnvVars(veleroContainer.Env, []corev1.EnvVar{{
+			Name:  "CSI_SNAPSHOT_EARLY_FREQUENT_POLLING",
+			Value: "true",
+		}})
+	}
 
 	// Add Azure workload identity environment variables if using Azure STS
 	azureClientID := os.Getenv(stsflow.ClientIDEnvKey)
diff --git a/internal/controller/velero_test.go b/internal/controller/velero_test.go
index c89baedbf1..6a3f2da150 100644
--- a/internal/controller/velero_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/velero_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ var (
 		},
 		{Name: common.LDLibraryPathEnvKey, Value: "/plugins"},
 		{Name: "OPENSHIFT_IMAGESTREAM_BACKUP", Value: "true"},
+		{Name: "CSI_SNAPSHOT_EARLY_FREQUENT_POLLING", Value: "true"},
 	}
 
 	baseVolumeMounts = []corev1.VolumeMount{
@@ -2574,6 +2575,55 @@ func TestDPAReconciler_buildVeleroDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					{Name: common.LDLibraryPathEnvKey, Value: "/plugins"},
 					// Note: OPENSHIFT_IMAGESTREAM_BACKUP is NOT included when BackupImages is false
+					{Name: "CSI_SNAPSHOT_EARLY_FREQUENT_POLLING", Value: "true"},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid DPA CR with DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling true, no CSI_SNAPSHOT_EARLY_FREQUENT_POLLING",
+			dpa: createTestDpaWith(
+				nil,
+				oadpv1alpha1.DataProtectionApplicationSpec{
+					Configuration: &oadpv1alpha1.ApplicationConfig{
+						Velero: &oadpv1alpha1.VeleroConfig{
+							DisableCSISnapshotEarlyFrequentPolling: true,
+						},
+					},
+					BackupImages: ptr.To(false),
+					BackupLocations: []oadpv1alpha1.BackupLocation{
+						{
+							Velero: &velerov1.BackupStorageLocationSpec{
+								Provider: "aws",
+								StorageType: velerov1.StorageType{
+									ObjectStorage: &velerov1.ObjectStorageLocation{
+										CACert: []byte("test-ca-cert"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			),
+			veleroDeployment: testVeleroDeployment.DeepCopy(),
+			wantVeleroDeployment: createTestBuiltVeleroDeployment(TestBuiltVeleroDeploymentOptions{
+				args: []string{
+					defaultFileSystemBackupTimeout,
+					defaultRestoreResourcePriorities,
+					defaultDisableInformerCache,
+				},
+				// When BackupImages is false, OPENSHIFT_IMAGESTREAM_BACKUP env var is not set
+				env: []corev1.EnvVar{
+					{Name: common.VeleroScratchDirEnvKey, Value: "/scratch"},
+					{
+						Name: common.VeleroNamespaceEnvKey,
+						ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+							FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+								APIVersion: "v1",
+								FieldPath:  "metadata.namespace",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					{Name: common.LDLibraryPathEnvKey, Value: "/plugins"},
 				},
 			}),
 		},