diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/ganesha/manager.py b/manila/share/drivers/ganesha/manager.py
index c42ecfadd0..11c6234a7d 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/ganesha/manager.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/ganesha/manager.py
@@ -514,6 +514,9 @@ class GaneshaManager(object):
         try:
             confdict = self._read_export(name)
             self._remove_export_dbus(confdict["EXPORT"]["Export_Id"])
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception("There was a problem removing the export. "
+                          "Ignoring errors and continuing operation.")
         finally:
             if self.ganesha_rados_store_enable:
                 self._delete_rados_object(
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/ganesha/test_manager.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/ganesha/test_manager.py
index 57753a0309..2c98fdfc01 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/ganesha/test_manager.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/ganesha/test_manager.py
@@ -972,8 +972,7 @@ class GaneshaManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         for method in methods:
             self.mock_object(self._manager, method)
 
-        self.assertRaises(exception.GaneshaCommandFailure,
-                          self._manager.remove_export, test_name)
+        ret = self._manager.remove_export(test_name)
 
         self._manager._read_export.assert_called_once_with(test_name)
         self.assertFalse(self._manager._remove_export_dbus.called)
@@ -994,6 +993,7 @@ class GaneshaManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.assertFalse(self._manager._delete_rados_object.called)
             self.assertFalse(
                 self._manager._remove_rados_object_url_from_index.called)
+        self.assertIsNone(ret)
 
     @ddt.data(True, False)
     def test_remove_export_error_during_remove_export_dbus_with_rados_store(
@@ -1012,8 +1012,7 @@ class GaneshaManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         for method in methods:
             self.mock_object(self._manager, method)
 
-        self.assertRaises(exception.GaneshaCommandFailure,
-                          self._manager.remove_export, test_name)
+        ret = self._manager.remove_export(test_name)
 
         self._manager._read_export.assert_called_once_with(test_name)
         self._manager._remove_export_dbus.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -1035,6 +1034,7 @@ class GaneshaManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.assertFalse(self._manager._delete_rados_object.called)
             self.assertFalse(
                 self._manager._remove_rados_object_url_from_index.called)
+        self.assertIsNone(ret)
 
     def test_get_rados_object(self):
         fakebin = chr(246).encode('utf-8')
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-2035572-ignore-errors-remove-export-nfs-ganesha-fd0f8eb1db800d31.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2035572-ignore-errors-remove-export-nfs-ganesha-fd0f8eb1db800d31.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64d126c0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2035572-ignore-errors-remove-export-nfs-ganesha-fd0f8eb1db800d31.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The CephFS driver uses a `RemoveExport` DBUS API call to the NFS/Ganesha
+    service when a user deletes an access rule, or when deleting the share.
+    If this call fails, the driver now provides a log of the failure, and
+    continues cleaning up.  Prior to this change, share deletion could fail if
+    the service failed the DBUS command to drop the export. This would leave
+    the share with an "error_deleting" status, needing administrator
+    intervention. See `bug #2035572 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2035572>`_
+    for more information.