diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
index a1c8c43968a..523f89197f5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
@@ -951,10 +951,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) assignDefaultStorageClass(ctx context.Co
 
 	class, err := util.GetDefaultClass(ctrl.classLister)
 	if err != nil {
-		// It is safe to ignore errors here because it means we either could not list SCs or there is more than one default.
-		// TODO: do not ignore errors after this PR is merged: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110559
-		logger.V(4).Info("Failed to get default storage class", "err", err)
-		return false, nil
+		return false, err
 	} else if class == nil {
 		logger.V(4).Info("Can not assign storage class to PersistentVolumeClaim: default storage class not found", "PVC", klog.KObj(claim))
 		return false, nil
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/storageclass.go b/pkg/volume/util/storageclass.go
index d2098c25800..223eb9dc21c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/storageclass.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/storageclass.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func GetDefaultClass(lister storagev1listers.StorageClassLister) (*storagev1.Sto
 		return defaultClasses[i].CreationTimestamp.UnixNano() > defaultClasses[j].CreationTimestamp.UnixNano()
 	})
 	if len(defaultClasses) > 1 {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("%d default StorageClasses were found, choosing the newest: %s", len(defaultClasses), defaultClasses[0].Name)
+		klog.V(4).Infof("%d default StorageClasses were found, choosing: %s", len(defaultClasses), defaultClasses[0].Name)
 	}
 
 	return defaultClasses[0], nil