diff --git a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
index 9fb4e42e0..4017ce4e8 100644
--- a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ func (e *csiSnapshotExposer) createBackupVSC(ctx context.Context, ownerObject co
 		https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/tree/4cedb3f45790ac593ebfa3324c490abedf739477?tab=readme-ov-file#distributed-snapshotting
 		https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/blob/4cedb3f45790ac593ebfa3324c490abedf739477/pkg/utils/util.go#L158
 	*/
-	if manager, ok := snapshotVSC.Labels["snapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/managed-by"]; ok {
-		vsc.ObjectMeta.Labels["snapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/managed-by"] = manager
+	if manager, ok := snapshotVSC.Labels[kube.VolumeSnapshotContentManagedByLabel]; ok {
+		vsc.ObjectMeta.Labels[kube.VolumeSnapshotContentManagedByLabel] = manager
 	}
 
 	return e.csiSnapshotClient.VolumeSnapshotContents().Create(ctx, vsc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
diff --git a/pkg/util/kube/utils.go b/pkg/util/kube/utils.go
index eab3193fc..1720f614f 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kube/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kube/utils.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ const (
 	KubeAnnSelectedNode           = "volume.kubernetes.io/selected-node"
 )
 
+// VolumeSnapshotContentManagedByLabel is applied by the snapshot controller
+// to the VolumeSnapshotContent object in case distributed snapshotting is enabled.
+// The value contains the name of the node that handles the snapshot for the volume local to that node.
+const VolumeSnapshotContentManagedByLabel = "snapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/managed-by"
+
 var ErrorPodVolumeIsNotPVC = errors.New("pod volume is not a PVC")
 
 // NamespaceAndName returns a string in the format <namespace>/<name>