diff --git a/components/cinder/values.yaml b/components/cinder/values.yaml
index 6ce3dce70..76c3f1616 100644
--- a/components/cinder/values.yaml
+++ b/components/cinder/values.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ conf:
   cinder:
     DEFAULT:
       enabled_backends: netapp_nvme
-      default_volume_type: netapp_nvme
+      default_volume_type: __DEFAULT__
       # add DriverFilter to the default list so our SVM filtering function gets called
       scheduler_default_filters: DriverFilter,AvailabilityZoneFilter,CapacityFilter,CapabilitiesFilter