diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index 195f9c4a24cb..87ca06b61b2f 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner
   namespace: {{ .Namespace }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: {{ .ProvisionerReplicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
      app: csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index 43a709dcb9a7..a178b2e06116 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: csi-rbdplugin-provisioner
   namespace: {{ .Namespace }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: {{ .ProvisionerReplicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
      app: csi-rbdplugin-provisioner
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
index 5ea95c066bb6..4a0756e78d3b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type Param struct {
 	CephFSLivenessMetricsPort    uint16
 	RBDGRPCMetricsPort           uint16
 	RBDLivenessMetricsPort       uint16
+	ProvisionerReplicas          uint8
 }
 
 type templateParam struct {
@@ -325,6 +326,16 @@ func startDrivers(clientset kubernetes.Interface, rookclientset rookclient.Inter
 		}
 	}
 
+	tp.ProvisionerReplicas = 2
+	nodes, err := clientset.CoreV1().Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err == nil {
+		if len(nodes.Items) == 1 {
+			tp.ProvisionerReplicas = 1
+		}
+	} else {
+		logger.Errorf("failed to get nodes. Defaulting the number of replicas of provisioner pods to 2. %v", err)
+	}
+
 	if EnableRBD {
 		rbdPlugin, err = templateToDaemonSet("rbdplugin", RBDPluginTemplatePath, tp)
 		if err != nil {