diff --git a/nexus/src/app/disk.rs b/nexus/src/app/disk.rs
index 2f045272437..82163162dc7 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/disk.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/disk.rs
@@ -517,4 +517,26 @@ impl super::Nexus {
         .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Remove a read only parent from a disk.
+    /// This is just a wrapper around the volume operation of the same
+    /// name, but we provide this interface when all the caller has is
+    /// the disk UUID as the internal volume_id is not exposed.
+    pub async fn disk_remove_read_only_parent(
+        self: &Arc<Self>,
+        opctx: &OpContext,
+        disk_id: Uuid,
+    ) -> DeleteResult {
+        // First get the internal volume ID that is stored in the disk
+        // database entry, once we have that just call the volume method
+        // to remove the read only parent.
+        let (.., db_disk) = LookupPath::new(opctx, &self.db_datastore)
+            .disk_id(disk_id)
+            .fetch()
+            .await?;
+
+        self.volume_remove_read_only_parent(db_disk.volume_id).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nexus/src/internal_api/http_entrypoints.rs b/nexus/src/internal_api/http_entrypoints.rs
index 01d160b7e6c..f5c2cae8e52 100644
--- a/nexus/src/internal_api/http_entrypoints.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/internal_api/http_entrypoints.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub fn internal_api() -> NexusApiDescription {
         api.register(cpapi_instances_put)?;
         api.register(cpapi_disks_put)?;
         api.register(cpapi_volume_remove_read_only_parent)?;
+        api.register(cpapi_disk_remove_read_only_parent)?;
         api.register(cpapi_producers_post)?;
         api.register(cpapi_collectors_post)?;
         api.register(cpapi_metrics_collect)?;
@@ -226,6 +227,31 @@ async fn cpapi_volume_remove_read_only_parent(
     apictx.internal_latencies.instrument_dropshot_handler(&rqctx, handler).await
 }
 
+/// Request removal of a read_only_parent from a disk
+/// This is a thin wrapper around the volume_remove_read_only_parent saga.
+/// All we are doing here is, given a disk UUID, figure out what the
+/// volume_id is for that disk, then use that to call the
+/// volume_remove_read_only_parent saga on it.
+#[endpoint {
+     method = POST,
+     path = "/disk/{disk_id}/remove-read-only-parent",
+ }]
+async fn cpapi_disk_remove_read_only_parent(
+    rqctx: Arc<RequestContext<Arc<ServerContext>>>,
+    path_params: Path<DiskPathParam>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponseUpdatedNoContent, HttpError> {
+    let apictx = rqctx.context();
+    let nexus = &apictx.nexus;
+    let path = path_params.into_inner();
+
+    let handler = async {
+        let opctx = OpContext::for_internal_api(&rqctx).await;
+        nexus.disk_remove_read_only_parent(&opctx, path.disk_id).await?;
+        Ok(HttpResponseUpdatedNoContent())
+    };
+    apictx.internal_latencies.instrument_dropshot_handler(&rqctx, handler).await
+}
+
 /// Accept a registration from a new metric producer
 #[endpoint {
      method = POST,
diff --git a/openapi/nexus-internal.json b/openapi/nexus-internal.json
index 48a2eb7e40d..b320e5cb1f8 100644
--- a/openapi/nexus-internal.json
+++ b/openapi/nexus-internal.json
@@ -59,6 +59,35 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/disk/{disk_id}/remove-read-only-parent": {
+      "post": {
+        "summary": "Request removal of a read_only_parent from a disk",
+        "description": "This is a thin wrapper around the volume_remove_read_only_parent saga. All we are doing here is, given a disk UUID, figure out what the volume_id is for that disk, then use that to call the volume_remove_read_only_parent saga on it.",
+        "operationId": "cpapi_disk_remove_read_only_parent",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "in": "path",
+            "name": "disk_id",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "format": "uuid"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "204": {
+            "description": "resource updated"
+          },
+          "4XX": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Error"
+          },
+          "5XX": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/disks/{disk_id}": {
       "put": {
         "summary": "Report updated state for a disk.",