diff --git a/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go b/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
index 737f5e0f..7fdad5dd 100644
--- a/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/nfs/controllerserver.go
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ func (cs *ControllerServer) DeleteVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.DeleteVol
 
 		if strings.EqualFold(nfsVol.onDelete, archive) {
 			archivedInternalVolumePath := filepath.Join(getInternalMountPath(cs.Driver.workingMountDir, nfsVol), "archived-"+nfsVol.subDir)
+			if strings.Contains(nfsVol.subDir, "/") {
+				parentDir := filepath.Dir(archivedInternalVolumePath)
+				klog.V(2).Infof("DeleteVolume: subdirectory(%s) contains '/', make sure the parent directory(%s) exists", nfsVol.subDir, parentDir)
+				if err = os.MkdirAll(parentDir, 0777); err != nil {
+					return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "create parent directory(%s) of %s failed with %v", parentDir, archivedInternalVolumePath, err.Error())
+				}
+			}
 
 			// archive subdirectory under base-dir
 			klog.V(2).Infof("archiving subdirectory %s --> %s", internalVolumePath, archivedInternalVolumePath)
diff --git a/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go b/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
index 135eb88d..c1d44aa9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 		test.Run(ctx, cs, ns)
 	})
 
-	ginkgo.It("should create a volume on demand with archive subdir on delete [nfs.csi.k8s.io]", func(ctx ginkgo.SpecContext) {
+	ginkgo.It("should create a volume on demand with archive on delete [nfs.csi.k8s.io]", func(ctx ginkgo.SpecContext) {
 		pods := []testsuites.PodDetails{
 			{
 				Cmd: "echo 'hello world' > /mnt/test-1/data && grep 'hello world' /mnt/test-1/data",
@@ -373,4 +373,27 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 		}
 		test.Run(ctx, cs, ns)
 	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("should create a volume on demand with archive subdir on delete [nfs.csi.k8s.io]", func(ctx ginkgo.SpecContext) {
+		pods := []testsuites.PodDetails{
+			{
+				Cmd: "echo 'hello world' > /mnt/test-1/data && grep 'hello world' /mnt/test-1/data",
+				Volumes: []testsuites.VolumeDetails{
+					{
+						ClaimSize: "10Gi",
+						VolumeMount: testsuites.VolumeMountDetails{
+							NameGenerate:      "test-volume-",
+							MountPathGenerate: "/mnt/test-",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		test := testsuites.DynamicallyProvisionedCmdVolumeTest{
+			CSIDriver:              testDriver,
+			Pods:                   pods,
+			StorageClassParameters: archiveSubDirStorageClassParameters,
+		}
+		test.Run(ctx, cs, ns)
+	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 5be8dcb1..8142cea9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ var (
 		"mountPermissions": "0755",
 		"onDelete":         "archive",
 	}
+	archiveSubDirStorageClassParameters = map[string]string{
+		"server": nfsServerAddress,
+		"share":  nfsShare,
+		"subDir": "${pvc.metadata.namespace}/${pvc.metadata.name}",
+		"csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name":      "mount-options",
+		"csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-namespace": "default",
+		"mountPermissions": "0755",
+		"onDelete":         "archive",
+	}
 	controllerServer *nfs.ControllerServer
 )