diff --git a/internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go b/internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
index 6931697c9..3259bdb43 100644
--- a/internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
+++ b/internal/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
@@ -430,6 +430,21 @@ func (v *volumeHelperImpl) GetActionParameters(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupRe
 	return false, "", nil, nil
 }
 
+func (v *volumeHelperImpl) GetSnapshotClass(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource schema.GroupResource) (string, error) {
+	matched, actionType, params, err := v.GetActionParameters(obj, groupResource)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if !matched {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	action := &resourcepolicies.Action{
+		Type:       resourcepolicies.VolumeActionType(actionType),
+		Parameters: params,
+	}
+	return action.GetSnapshotClass()
+}
+
 func (v *volumeHelperImpl) shouldIncludeVolumeInBackup(vol corev1api.Volume) bool {
 	includeVolumeInBackup := true
 	// cannot backup hostpath volumes as they are not mounted into /var/lib/kubelet/pods
diff --git a/pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action.go b/pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action.go
index c112b9c59..c4d3007aa 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/actions/csi/pvc_action.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	crclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 
-	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/internal/resourcepolicies"
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	velerov2alpha1 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v2alpha1"
 	veleroclient "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/client"
@@ -340,17 +339,11 @@ func (p *pvcBackupItemAction) Execute(
 		return nil, nil, "", nil, err
 	}
 
-	policySnapshotClass := ""
-	matched, actionType, params, paramsErr := vh.GetActionParameters(item, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims)
-	if paramsErr != nil {
-		p.log.WithError(paramsErr).Warn("failed to get action parameters from volume policy, proceeding without policy snapshotClass")
-	} else if matched && actionType == string(resourcepolicies.Snapshot) && params != nil {
-		if sc, ok := params[resourcepolicies.SnapshotClassParameter]; ok {
-			if scStr, ok := sc.(string); ok && scStr != "" {
-				policySnapshotClass = scStr
-				p.log.Infof("Volume policy specifies snapshotClass=%s for PVC %s/%s", scStr, pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
-			}
-		}
+	policySnapshotClass, scErr := vh.GetSnapshotClass(item, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims)
+	if scErr != nil {
+		p.log.WithError(scErr).Warn("failed to get snapshotClass from volume policy, proceeding without it")
+	} else if policySnapshotClass != "" {
+		p.log.Infof("Volume policy specifies snapshotClass=%s for PVC %s/%s", policySnapshotClass, pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
 	}
 
 	vs, err := p.getVolumeSnapshotReference(context.TODO(), pvc, backup, policySnapshotClass)
diff --git a/pkg/util/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go b/pkg/util/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
index 95f104994..6abdc73f8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/util/volumehelper/volume_policy_helper.go
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ type VolumeHelper interface {
 	ShouldPerformFSBackup(volume corev1api.Volume, pod corev1api.Pod) (bool, error)
 	ShouldPerformCustomAction(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource schema.GroupResource, matchParams map[string]any) (bool, error)
 	GetActionParameters(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource schema.GroupResource) (bool, string, map[string]any, error)
+	GetSnapshotClass(obj runtime.Unstructured, groupResource schema.GroupResource) (string, error)
 }