diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd.go
index 1a1541019ce9c..fe10d8d861766 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (g *gcePersistentDiskCSITranslator) TranslateInTreePVToCSI(pv *v1.Persisten
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get region from zones: %v", err)
 		}
-		volID = fmt.Sprintf(volIDZonalFmt, UnspecifiedValue, region, pv.Spec.GCEPersistentDisk.PDName)
+		volID = fmt.Sprintf(volIDRegionalFmt, UnspecifiedValue, region, pv.Spec.GCEPersistentDisk.PDName)
 	} else {
 		// Unspecified
 		volID = fmt.Sprintf(volIDZonalFmt, UnspecifiedValue, UnspecifiedValue, pv.Spec.GCEPersistentDisk.PDName)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd_test.go
index 9347f51c6de37..69d2d3373b1ee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/plugins/gce_pd_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	storage "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 func NewStorageClass(params map[string]string, allowedTopologies []v1.TopologySelectorTerm) *storage.StorageClass {
@@ -294,3 +295,49 @@ func TestInlineReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("got am %v, expected access mode of ReadOnlyMany", ams[0])
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTranslateInTreePVToCSIVolIDFmt(t *testing.T) {
+	g := NewGCEPersistentDiskCSITranslator()
+	pdName := "pd-name"
+	tests := []struct {
+		desc               string
+		topologyLabelKey   string
+		topologyLabelValue string
+		wantVolID          string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:               "beta topology key zonal",
+			topologyLabelKey:   v1.LabelFailureDomainBetaZone,
+			topologyLabelValue: "us-east1-a",
+			wantVolID:          "projects/UNSPECIFIED/zones/us-east1-a/disks/pd-name",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:               "beta topology key regional",
+			topologyLabelKey:   v1.LabelFailureDomainBetaZone,
+			topologyLabelValue: "us-central1-a__us-central1-c",
+			wantVolID:          "projects/UNSPECIFIED/regions/us-central1/disks/pd-name",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			translatedPV, err := g.TranslateInTreePVToCSI(&v1.PersistentVolume{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{tc.topologyLabelKey: tc.topologyLabelValue},
+				},
+				Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+					PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{
+						GCEPersistentDisk: &v1.GCEPersistentDiskVolumeSource{
+							PDName: pdName,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("got error translating in-tree PV to CSI: %v", err)
+			}
+			if got := translatedPV.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource.CSI.VolumeHandle; got != tc.wantVolID {
+				t.Errorf("got translated volume handle: %q, want %q", got, tc.wantVolID)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}