diff --git a/deploy/helm/charts/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/charts/Chart.yaml
index ebf0de3..0cdb448 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/charts/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Helm chart for OpenEBS Dynamic NFS PV. For instructions to install
 type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-version: 0.10.2
+version: 0.10.3
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
 appVersion: 0.10.0
diff --git a/deploy/helm/charts/README.md b/deploy/helm/charts/README.md
index 8ef81e6..5725def 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/charts/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/charts/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ helm install openebs-nfs openebs-nfs/nfs-provisioner --namespace openebs --creat
 | `nfsProvisioner.nfsServerNodeAffinity`       | NFS Server node affinity rules                | `""`                        |
 | `nfsProvisioner.nfsBackendPvcTimeout`       | Timeout for backend PVC binding in seconds                | `"60"`                      |
 | `nfsProvisioner.nfsHookConfigMap`       | Existing Configmap name to load hook configuration                | `""`                        |
+| `nfsProvisioner.enableGarbageCollection`       | Enable garbage collection            | `true`                      |
 | `nfsStorageClass.backendStorageClass` | StorageClass to be used to provision the backend volume. If not specified, the default StorageClass is used. | `""`                        |
 | `nfsStorageClass.mountOptions` | NFS mount options to be passed on to storageclass | `[]`
 | `nfsStorageClass.isDefaultClass`      | Make 'openebs-kernel-nfs' the default StorageClass | `"false"`                   |
diff --git a/deploy/helm/charts/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
index c2a00a1..4746c8c 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ spec:
             - name: OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_NODE_AFFINITY
               value: "{{ .Values.nfsProvisioner.nfsServerNodeAffinity }}"
             {{- end }}
+            # Provide a switch to turn off the function of clearing stale pvc to avoid
+            # garbage collecting an NFS backend PVC if the NFS PVC is deleted.
+            - name: OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_GARBAGE_COLLECTION_ENABLED
+              value: "{{ .Values.nfsProvisioner.enableGarbageCollection }}"
            {{- if .Values.nfsProvisioner.nfsBackendPvcTimeout }}
             - name: OPENEBS_IO_NFS_SERVER_BACKEND_PVC_TIMEOUT
               value: "{{ .Values.nfsProvisioner.nfsBackendPvcTimeout }}"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/charts/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/charts/values.yaml
index 269ed0b..c3670f7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/charts/values.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ nfsProvisioner:
     tag:
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   enableLeaderElection: "true"
+  # Provide a switch to turn off the function of clearing stale pvc to avoid
+  # garbage collecting an NFS backend PVC if the NFS PVC is deleted.
+  enableGarbageCollection: "true"
   # Specify image name of nfs-server-alpine used for creating nfs server deployment
   # If not mentioned, default value openebs/nfs-server-alpine:tag will be used where
   # the tag will be the same as a provisioner-nfs image tag