diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/128-pawanpraka1 b/changelogs/unreleased/128-pawanpraka1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b7efcbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/128-pawanpraka1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ fixing the backup deletion for ZFS-LocalPV
diff --git a/pkg/zfs/plugin/backup.go b/pkg/zfs/plugin/backup.go
index 88824a4b..8d3deecc 100644
--- a/pkg/zfs/plugin/backup.go
+++ b/pkg/zfs/plugin/backup.go
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ func (p *Plugin) uploadZFSVolume(vol *apis.ZFSVolume, filename string) error {
 
 // deleteBackup deletes the backup resource
 func (p *Plugin) deleteBackup(snapshotID string) error {
-	err := bkpbuilder.NewKubeclient().WithNamespace(p.namespace).Delete(snapshotID)
+	pvname, _, snapname, err := utils.GetInfoFromSnapshotID(snapshotID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	bkpname := utils.GenerateResourceName(pvname, snapname)
+	err = bkpbuilder.NewKubeclient().WithNamespace(p.namespace).Delete(bkpname)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.Log.Errorf("zfs: Failed to delete the backup %s", snapshotID)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/zfs/utils/utils.go b/pkg/zfs/utils/utils.go
index 322ac751..dd45d87a 100644
--- a/pkg/zfs/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/zfs/utils/utils.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"net"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ func GetInfoFromSnapshotID(snapshotID string) (volumeID, schdname, backupName st
 		// backward compatibility, old backups
 		volumeID = s[0]
 		backupName = s[1]
-		schdname = ""
+		// for old backups fetch the schdeule from the bkpname
+		schdname = GetScheduleName(backupName)
 	} else if len(s) == 3 {
 		volumeID = s[0]
 		schdname = s[1]
@@ -89,3 +91,22 @@ func GetRestorePVName() (string, error) {
 
 	return RestorePrefix + nuuid.String(), nil
 }
+
+// GetScheduleName return the schedule name for the given backup
+// It will check if backup name have 'bkp-20060102150405' format
+func GetScheduleName(backupName string) string {
+	// for non-scheduled backup, we are considering backup name as schedule name only
+	schdName := ""
+
+	// If it is scheduled backup then we need to get the schedule name
+	splitName := strings.Split(backupName, "-")
+	if len(splitName) >= 2 {
+		_, err := time.Parse("20060102150405", splitName[len(splitName)-1])
+		if err != nil {
+			// last substring is not timestamp, so it is not generated from schedule
+			return schdName
+		}
+		schdName = strings.Join(splitName[0:len(splitName)-1], "-")
+	}
+	return schdName
+}