diff --git a/manager/csi/manager.go b/manager/csi/manager.go
index c639c9df99..70baa82d3a 100644
--- a/manager/csi/manager.go
+++ b/manager/csi/manager.go
@@ -463,28 +463,53 @@ func (vm *Manager) deleteVolume(ctx context.Context, v *api.Volume) error {
 // leak. It's acceptable for now because we expect neither exceptionally long
 // lived managers nor exceptionally high plugin churn.
 func (vm *Manager) getPlugin(name string) (Plugin, error) {
-	// if the plugin already exists, we can just return it.
-	if p, ok := vm.plugins[name]; ok {
-		return p, nil
-	}
-
-	// otherwise, we need to load the plugin.
-	pc, err := vm.pg.Get(name, DockerCSIPluginCap)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if pc == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("driver \"" + name + "\" not found")
-	}
-
-	pa, ok := pc.(mobyplugin.AddrPlugin)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("plugin for driver \"" + name + "\" does not implement PluginAddr")
-	}
-
-	p := vm.newPlugin(pa, vm.provider)
-	vm.plugins[name] = p
-
-	return p, nil
+        // normalize driver name by stripping any tag (e.g. ":latest")
+        canon := name
+        if i := strings.IndexRune(name, ':'); i >= 0 {
+                canon = name[:i]
+        }
+
+        // Fast path: exact key or canonical key already loaded
+        if p, ok := vm.plugins[name]; ok {
+                return p, nil
+        }
+        if p, ok := vm.plugins[canon]; ok {
+                // also alias the original name to it for future lookups
+                vm.plugins[name] = p
+                return p, nil
+        }
+
+        // Try plugin getter with full name first
+        pc, err := vm.pg.Get(name, DockerCSIPluginCap)
+        if err != nil {
+                // retry using canonical name if different
+                if canon != name {
+                        pc2, err2 := vm.pg.Get(canon, DockerCSIPluginCap)
+                        if err2 == nil && pc2 != nil {
+                                pc = pc2
+                        }
+                }
+                if pc == nil {
+                        return nil, err
+                }
+        }
+
+        if pc == nil {
+                return nil, errors.New("driver \"" + name + "\" not found")
+        }
+
+        pa, ok := pc.(mobyplugin.AddrPlugin)
+        if !ok {
+                return nil, errors.New("plugin for driver \"" + name + "\" does not implement PluginAddr")
+        }
+
+        // create plugin instance once
+        p := vm.newPlugin(pa, vm.provider)
+
+        // store under canonical, plugin-reported, and requested names
+        vm.plugins[canon] = p
+        vm.plugins[pa.Name()] = p
+        vm.plugins[name] = p
+
+        return p, nil
 }
diff --git a/manager/csi/manager_test.go b/manager/csi/manager_test.go
index 6cd2b73e3e..ba3db118dc 100644
--- a/manager/csi/manager_test.go
+++ b/manager/csi/manager_test.go
@@ -755,4 +755,58 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", func() {
 			Expect(vm.pendingVolumes.Outstanding()).To(Equal(1))
 		})
 	})
+
+  	Describe("plugin name canonicalization", func() {
+		It("should reuse the same plugin instance for tagged and untagged names", func() {
+			pluginGetter.Plugins["plug1"] = &testutils.FakePlugin{
+				PluginName: "plug1",
+				PluginAddr: &net.UnixAddr{
+					Net:  "unix",
+					Name: "unix:///whatever.sock",
+				},
+			}
+
+			node := &api.Node{
+				ID: "nodeA",
+				Description: &api.NodeDescription{
+					CSIInfo: []*api.NodeCSIInfo{{
+						PluginName: "plug1", // node reports untagged name
+						NodeID:     "plug1NodeA",
+					}},
+				},
+			}
+
+			volume := &api.Volume{
+				ID: "volumeA",
+				Spec: api.VolumeSpec{
+					Annotations: api.Annotations{Name: "volumeA"},
+					Driver: &api.Driver{
+						Name: "plug1:latest", // volume uses tagged name
+					},
+				},
+				VolumeInfo: &api.VolumeInfo{
+					VolumeContext: map[string]string{},
+					VolumeID:      "plug1VolA",
+				},
+				PublishStatus: []*api.VolumePublishStatus{{
+					NodeID: "nodeA",
+					State:  api.VolumePublishStatus_PENDING_PUBLISH,
+				}},
+			}
+
+			err := s.Update(func(tx store.Tx) error {
+				Expect(store.CreateNode(tx, node)).To(Succeed())
+				Expect(store.CreateVolume(tx, volume)).To(Succeed())
+				return nil
+			})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			vm.init(context.Background())
+			vm.processVolume(ctx, volume.ID, 0)
+
+			Expect(pluginMaker.plugins).To(HaveKey("plug1"))
+			// verify that publish succeeded and reused same fakePlugin instance
+			Expect(pluginMaker.plugins["plug1"].volumesPublished[volume.ID]).To(ContainElement("nodeA"))
+		})
+	})
 })