diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
index bbe3013462..1fdc55359c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	csipbv1 "github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
@@ -99,6 +101,12 @@ type nodeV0ClientCreator func(addr csiAddr) (
 	err error,
 )
 
+const (
+	initialDuration = 1 * time.Second
+	factor          = 2.0
+	steps           = 5
+)
+
 // newV1NodeClient creates a new NodeClient with the internally used gRPC
 // connection set up. It also returns a closer which must to be called to close
 // the gRPC connection when the NodeClient is not used anymore.
@@ -177,13 +185,26 @@ func (c *csiDriverClient) NodeGetInfo(ctx context.Context) (
 	accessibleTopology map[string]string,
 	err error) {
 	klog.V(4).Info(log("calling NodeGetInfo rpc"))
-	if c.nodeV1ClientCreator != nil {
-		return c.nodeGetInfoV1(ctx)
-	} else if c.nodeV0ClientCreator != nil {
-		return c.nodeGetInfoV0(ctx)
-	}
 
-	err = fmt.Errorf("failed to call NodeGetInfo. Both nodeV1ClientCreator and nodeV0ClientCreator are nil")
+	// TODO retries should happen at a lower layer (issue #73371)
+	backoff := wait.Backoff{Duration: initialDuration, Factor: factor, Steps: steps}
+	err = wait.ExponentialBackoff(backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+		var getNodeInfoError error
+		if c.nodeV1ClientCreator != nil {
+			nodeID, maxVolumePerNode, accessibleTopology, getNodeInfoError = c.nodeGetInfoV1(ctx)
+		} else if c.nodeV0ClientCreator != nil {
+			nodeID, maxVolumePerNode, accessibleTopology, getNodeInfoError = c.nodeGetInfoV0(ctx)
+		}
+		if nodeID != "" {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		// kubelet plugin registration service not implemented is a terminal error, no need to retry
+		if strings.Contains(getNodeInfoError.Error(), "no handler registered for plugin type") {
+			return false, getNodeInfoError
+		}
+		// Continue with exponential backoff
+		return false, nil
+	})
 
 	return nodeID, maxVolumePerNode, accessibleTopology, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
index 295aed85c8..535cf12839 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ func (h *RegistrationHandler) RegisterPlugin(pluginName string, endpoint string,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// TODO (verult) retry with exponential backoff, possibly added in csi client library.
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), csiTimeout)
 	defer cancel()