diff --git a/controllers/defaults/placements.go b/controllers/defaults/placements.go
index 7c9a76c55a..25d45a0e18 100644
--- a/controllers/defaults/placements.go
+++ b/controllers/defaults/placements.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var (
 			},
 			PodAntiAffinity: &corev1.PodAntiAffinity{
 				PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
-					getWeightedPodAffinityTerm(100, "rook-ceph-mds"),
+					// left the selector value empty as it will be updated later in the getPlacement()
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func getTopologySpreadConstraintsSpec(maxSkew int32, valueLabels []string) corev
 }
 
 func getWeightedPodAffinityTerm(weight int32, selectorValue ...string) corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm {
-	WeightedPodAffinityTerm := corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+	return corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
 		Weight: weight,
 		PodAffinityTerm: corev1.PodAffinityTerm{
 			LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
@@ -173,7 +173,24 @@ func getWeightedPodAffinityTerm(weight int32, selectorValue ...string) corev1.We
 			TopologyKey: corev1.LabelHostname,
 		},
 	}
-	return WeightedPodAffinityTerm
+}
+
+func GetMdsWeightedPodAffinityTerm(weight int32, selectorValue ...string) corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm {
+	return corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+		Weight: weight,
+		PodAffinityTerm: corev1.PodAffinityTerm{
+			LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+					{
+						Key:      "rook_file_system",
+						Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn,
+						Values:   selectorValue,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			TopologyKey: corev1.LabelHostname,
+		},
+	}
 }
 
 func getPodAffinityTerm(selectorValue ...string) corev1.PodAffinityTerm {
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/placement.go b/controllers/storagecluster/placement.go
index 2015192ab6..e251deb716 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/placement.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/placement.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ func getPlacement(sc *ocsv1.StorageCluster, component string) rookCephv1.Placeme
 	} else {
 		in := defaults.DaemonPlacements[component]
 		(&in).DeepCopyInto(&placement)
+		// label rook_file_system is added to the mds pod using rook operator
+		if component == "mds" {
+			placement.PodAntiAffinity = &corev1.PodAntiAffinity{
+				PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+					defaults.GetMdsWeightedPodAffinityTerm(100, generateNameForCephFilesystem(sc)),
+				},
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ignore default PodAntiAffinity mon placement when arbiter is enabled
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/placement_test.go b/controllers/storagecluster/placement_test.go
index 827be16cfa..d5737c6f71 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/placement_test.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/placement_test.go
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ func TestGetPlacement(t *testing.T) {
 									LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 										MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
 											{
-												Key:      "app",
+												Key:      "rook_file_system",
 												Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn,
-												Values:   []string{"rook-ceph-mds"},
+												Values:   []string{"storage-test-cephfilesystem"},
 											},
 										},
 									},
@@ -507,6 +507,21 @@ func TestGetPlacement(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedPlacement, actualPlacement, c.label)
 
 		expectedPlacement = c.expectedPlacements["mds"]
+		testPodAffinity := &corev1.PodAntiAffinity{
+			PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []corev1.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+				defaults.GetMdsWeightedPodAffinityTerm(100, generateNameForCephFilesystem(sc)),
+			},
+		}
+		if expectedPlacement.PodAntiAffinity != nil {
+			topologyKeys := ""
+			if len(expectedPlacement.PodAntiAffinity.PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution) != 0 {
+				topologyKeys = expectedPlacement.PodAntiAffinity.PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution[0].PodAffinityTerm.TopologyKey
+			}
+			expectedPlacement.PodAntiAffinity.PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution = testPodAffinity.PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+			if topologyKeys != "" {
+				expectedPlacement.PodAntiAffinity.PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution[0].PodAffinityTerm.TopologyKey = topologyKeys
+			}
+		}
 		actualPlacement = getPlacement(sc, "mds")
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedPlacement, actualPlacement, c.label)
 	}