diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs-v3.0.0.tgz b/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs-v3.0.0.tgz
index 3eac56fa..728696a7 100644
Binary files a/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs-v3.0.0.tgz and b/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs-v3.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs/templates/csi-nfs-controller.yaml b/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs/templates/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
index 61b10c99..7c8e08cd 100755
--- a/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs/templates/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/csi-driver-nfs/templates/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ spec:
 {{ include "nfs.labels" . | indent 6 }}
         app: csi-nfs-controller
     spec:
+      hostNetwork: true  # controller also needs to mount nfs to create dir
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       serviceAccountName: csi-nfs-controller-sa
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
diff --git a/deploy/csi-nfs-controller.yaml b/deploy/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
index a85d94b7..7aee32b1 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-nfs-controller.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: csi-nfs-controller
     spec:
+      hostNetwork: true  # controller also needs to mount nfs to create dir
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       serviceAccountName: csi-nfs-controller-sa
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux  # add "kubernetes.io/role: master" to run controller on master node