diff --git a/internal/backup/volumesnapshot_action.go b/internal/backup/volumesnapshot_action.go
index 1e78e0e1..caac4f39 100644
--- a/internal/backup/volumesnapshot_action.go
+++ b/internal/backup/volumesnapshot_action.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (p *VolumeSnapshotBackupItemAction) Execute(item runtime.Unstructured, back
 
 	p.Log.Infof("Getting VolumesnapshotContent for Volumesnapshot %s/%s", vs.Namespace, vs.Name)
 
-	vsc, err := util.GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(&vs, snapshotClient.SnapshotV1(), p.Log, backupOngoing)
+	vsc, err := util.GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(&vs, snapshotClient.SnapshotV1(), p.Log, backupOngoing, backup.Spec.CSISnapshotTimeout.Duration)
 	if err != nil {
 		util.CleanupVolumeSnapshot(&vs, snapshotClient.SnapshotV1(), p.Log)
 		return nil, nil, "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index f70aaf1c..e6bcdcf2 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VolumeSnapshotKindName = "VolumeSnapshot"
+	VolumeSnapshotKindName    = "VolumeSnapshot"
+	defaultCSISnapshotTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
 )
 
 func GetPVForPVC(pvc *corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaim, corev1 corev1client.PersistentVolumesGetter) (*corev1api.PersistentVolume, error) {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func GetVolumeSnapshotClassForStorageClass(provisioner string, snapshotClient sn
 }
 
 // GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot returns the volumesnapshotcontent object associated with the volumesnapshot
-func GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(volSnap *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshot, snapshotClient snapshotter.SnapshotV1Interface, log logrus.FieldLogger, shouldWait bool) (*snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent, error) {
+func GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(volSnap *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshot, snapshotClient snapshotter.SnapshotV1Interface, log logrus.FieldLogger, shouldWait bool, csiSnapshotTimeout time.Duration) (*snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent, error) {
 	if !shouldWait {
 		if volSnap.Status == nil || volSnap.Status.BoundVolumeSnapshotContentName == nil {
 			// volumesnapshot hasn't been reconciled and we're not waiting for it.
@@ -163,9 +164,11 @@ func GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(volSnap *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnap
 		return vsc, nil
 	}
 
-	// We'll wait 10m for the VSC to be reconciled polling every 5s
-	// TODO: make this timeout configurable.
-	timeout := 10 * time.Minute
+	// We'll wait 10m for the VSC to be reconciled polling every 5s unless csiSnapshotTimeout is set
+	timeout := defaultCSISnapshotTimeout
+	if csiSnapshotTimeout > 0 {
+		timeout = csiSnapshotTimeout
+	}
 	interval := 5 * time.Second
 	var snapshotContent *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent
 
diff --git a/internal/util/util_test.go b/internal/util/util_test.go
index a415a86b..0bae9e73 100644
--- a/internal/util/util_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/util_test.go
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ func TestGetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			actualVSC, actualError := GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(tc.volSnap, fakeClient.SnapshotV1(), logrus.New().WithField("fake", "test"), tc.wait)
+			actualVSC, actualError := GetVolumeSnapshotContentForVolumeSnapshot(tc.volSnap, fakeClient.SnapshotV1(), logrus.New().WithField("fake", "test"), tc.wait, 0)
 			if tc.expectError && actualError == nil {
 				assert.NotNil(t, actualError)
 				assert.Nil(t, actualVSC)