diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/test_nfs.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/test_nfs.py
index 1b2acb83da8..d6844089e55 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/test_nfs.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/test_nfs.py
@@ -1378,6 +1378,8 @@ class NfsDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
                 mock.patch.object(drv, '_read_info_file', return_value={}), \
                 mock.patch.object(drv, '_do_create_snapshot') \
                 as mock_do_create_snapshot, \
+                mock.patch.object(drv, '_check_snapshot_support') \
+                as mock_check_support, \
                 mock.patch.object(drv, '_write_info_file') \
                 as mock_write_info_file, \
                 mock.patch.object(drv, 'get_active_image_from_info',
@@ -1386,6 +1388,7 @@ class NfsDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                   return_value=snap_path):
             self._driver.create_snapshot(fake_snap)
 
+        mock_check_support.assert_called_once()
         mock_do_create_snapshot.assert_called_with(fake_snap, volume['name'],
                                                    snap_path)
         mock_write_info_file.assert_called_with(
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
index 287f3efb5f2..ca4e8ed8b67 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ class NfsDriver(remotefs.RemoteFSSnapDriverDistributed):
     def delete_snapshot(self, snapshot):
         """Apply locking to the delete snapshot operation."""
 
-        self._check_snapshot_support()
         return self._delete_snapshot(snapshot)
 
     def _copy_volume_from_snapshot(self, snapshot, volume, volume_size):