diff --git a/pkg/uevent/match.go b/pkg/uevent/match.go
index a15b90981..df359362c 100644
--- a/pkg/uevent/match.go
+++ b/pkg/uevent/match.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package uevent
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	directcsi "github.com/minio/directpv/pkg/apis/direct.csi.min.io/v1beta4"
 	"github.com/minio/directpv/pkg/sys"
 	"github.com/minio/directpv/pkg/utils"
@@ -201,7 +203,20 @@ func ueventSerialNumberMatcher(device *sys.Device, drive *directcsi.DirectCSIDri
 }
 
 func wwidMatcher(device *sys.Device, drive *directcsi.DirectCSIDrive) (bool, bool, error) {
-	return immutablePropertyMatcher(device.WWID, drive.Status.WWID)
+	match, consider, err := immutablePropertyMatcher(device.WWID, drive.Status.WWID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return match, consider, err
+	}
+	// WWID of few drives may show up without extension
+	// eg, probed wwid = 0x6002248032bf1752a69bdaee7b0ceb33
+	//     wwid in drive CRD = naa.6002248032bf1752a69bdaee7b0ceb33
+	if !match && !consider {
+		match, consider, err = immutablePropertyMatcher(
+			strings.TrimPrefix(device.WWID, "0x"),
+			wwidWithoutExtension(drive.Status.WWID),
+		)
+	}
+	return match, consider, err
 }
 
 func modelNumberMatcher(device *sys.Device, drive *directcsi.DirectCSIDrive) (bool, bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/uevent/utils.go b/pkg/uevent/utils.go
index 106c5e190..e71c82337 100644
--- a/pkg/uevent/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/uevent/utils.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func ValidateUDevInfo(device *sys.Device, directCSIDrive *directcsi.DirectCSIDri
 		klog.V(3).Infof("[%s] partitionnum mismatch: %v -> %v", device.Name, directCSIDrive.Status.PartitionNum, device.Partition)
 		return false
 	}
-	if directCSIDrive.Status.WWID != device.WWID {
+	if directCSIDrive.Status.WWID != device.WWID && wwidWithoutExtension(directCSIDrive.Status.WWID) != strings.TrimPrefix(device.WWID, "0x") {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("[%s] wwid msmatch: %v -> %v", device.Name, directCSIDrive.Status.WWID, device.WWID)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -200,3 +200,11 @@ func isFormatRequested(directCSIDrive *directcsi.DirectCSIDrive) bool {
 		directCSIDrive.Spec.RequestedFormat != nil &&
 		directCSIDrive.Status.DriveStatus == directcsi.DriveStatusAvailable
 }
+
+func wwidWithoutExtension(wwid string) string {
+	ls := strings.SplitN(wwid, ".", 2)
+	if len(ls) == 2 {
+		return ls[1]
+	}
+	return wwid
+}