diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/8261-msfrucht b/changelogs/unreleased/8261-msfrucht
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dce88fc5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/8261-msfrucht
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Expose VSC SourceVolumeMode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
index 4dcc50d129..908c2d9c68 100644
--- a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ func (e *csiSnapshotExposer) createBackupVSC(ctx context.Context, ownerObject co
 			DeletionPolicy:          snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentDelete,
 			Driver:                  snapshotVSC.Spec.Driver,
 			VolumeSnapshotClassName: snapshotVSC.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName,
+			SourceVolumeMode:        snapshotVSC.Spec.SourceVolumeMode,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot_test.go b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot_test.go
index 0cbe65ffb4..5c8aadc3eb 100644
--- a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func TestExpose(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	snapshotHandle := "fake-handle"
+	sourceVolumeMode := corev1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
 	vscObj := &snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: vscName,
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ func TestExpose(t *testing.T) {
 			DeletionPolicy:          snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentDelete,
 			Driver:                  "fake-driver",
 			VolumeSnapshotClassName: &snapshotClass,
+			SourceVolumeMode:        &sourceVolumeMode,
 		},
 		Status: &snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{
 			RestoreSize:    &restoreSize,
@@ -522,6 +524,7 @@ func TestExpose(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Equal(t, expectedVSC.Spec.DeletionPolicy, vscObj.Spec.DeletionPolicy)
 				assert.Equal(t, expectedVSC.Spec.Driver, vscObj.Spec.Driver)
 				assert.Equal(t, *expectedVSC.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName, *vscObj.Spec.VolumeSnapshotClassName)
+				assert.Equal(t, *expectedVSC.Spec.SourceVolumeMode, *vscObj.Spec.SourceVolumeMode)
 
 				if test.expectedVolumeSize != nil {
 					assert.Equal(t, *test.expectedVolumeSize, backupPVC.Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage])