diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/9604-shubham-pampattiwar b/changelogs/unreleased/9604-shubham-pampattiwar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f369a8af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/9604-shubham-pampattiwar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix DBR stuck when CSI snapshot no longer exists in cloud provider
diff --git a/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go b/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
index d12c7c43a..7a6724df1 100644
--- a/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
+++ b/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotContentDeleteItemAction) Execute(
 			return checkVSCReadiness(ctx, &snapCont, p.crClient)
 		},
 	); err != nil {
+		// Clean up the VSC we created since it can't become ready
+		if deleteErr := p.crClient.Delete(context.TODO(), &snapCont); deleteErr != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(deleteErr) {
+			p.log.WithError(deleteErr).Errorf("Failed to clean up VolumeSnapshotContent %s", snapCont.Name)
+		}
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "fail to wait VolumeSnapshotContent %s becomes ready.", snapCont.Name)
 	}
 
@@ -167,6 +171,13 @@ var checkVSCReadiness = func(
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
+	// Fail fast on permanent CSI driver errors (e.g., InvalidSnapshot.NotFound)
+	if tmpVSC.Status != nil && tmpVSC.Status.Error != nil && tmpVSC.Status.Error.Message != nil {
+		return false, errors.Errorf(
+			"VolumeSnapshotContent %s has error: %s", vsc.Name, *tmpVSC.Status.Error.Message,
+		)
+	}
+
 	return false, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go b/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go
index 24baccdb2..7dbd6d7ff 100644
--- a/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go
+++ b/internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ func TestVSCExecute(t *testing.T) {
 				return false, errors.Errorf("test error case")
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "Error case with CSI error, dangling VSC should be cleaned up",
+			vsc:       builder.ForVolumeSnapshotContent("bar").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabelsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.BackupNameLabel: "backup"})).Status(&snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{SnapshotHandle: &snapshotHandleStr}).Result(),
+			backup:    builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").ObjectMeta(builder.WithAnnotationsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.ResourceTimeoutAnnotation: "5s"})).Result(),
+			expectErr: true,
+			function: func(
+				ctx context.Context,
+				vsc *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent,
+				client crclient.Client,
+			) (bool, error) {
+				return false, errors.Errorf("VolumeSnapshotContent %s has error: InvalidSnapshot.NotFound", vsc.Name)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -190,6 +203,24 @@ func TestCheckVSCReadiness(t *testing.T) {
 			expectErr: false,
 			ready:     false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "VSC has error from CSI driver",
+			vsc: &snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "vsc-1",
+					Namespace: "velero",
+				},
+				Status: &snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{
+					ReadyToUse: boolPtr(false),
+					Error: &snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotError{
+						Message: stringPtr("InvalidSnapshot.NotFound: The snapshot 'snap-0abc123' does not exist."),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			createVSC: true,
+			expectErr: true,
+			ready:     false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -207,3 +238,11 @@ func TestCheckVSCReadiness(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func boolPtr(b bool) *bool {
+	return &b
+}
+
+func stringPtr(s string) *string {
+	return &s
+}