diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
index 269429469a..c67e7f8b13 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) addPeerSecretsToCephBlockPool(initData *ocsv1
 func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephBlockPoolInstances(initData *ocsv1.StorageCluster) ([]*cephv1.CephBlockPool, error) {
 	var mirroringSpec cephv1.MirroringSpec
 	poolName := generateNameForCephBlockPool(initData)
+	// This name is used by UI to hide this pool from the list of CephBlockPools
+	builtinMgrPoolName := "builtin-mgr"
 	poolNamespace := initData.Namespace
 
 	if initData.Spec.Mirroring.Enabled {
@@ -69,6 +71,20 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephBlockPoolInstances(initData *ocsv1.Sto
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      builtinMgrPoolName,
+				Namespace: poolNamespace,
+			},
+			Spec: cephv1.NamedBlockPoolSpec{
+				Name: ".mgr",
+				PoolSpec: cephv1.PoolSpec{
+					DeviceClass:   initData.Status.DefaultCephDeviceClass,
+					FailureDomain: getFailureDomain(initData),
+					Replicated:    generateCephReplicatedSpec(initData, "metadata"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Create Non-Resilient CephBlockPools if enabled
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
index 31f45a6fe5..727ebea556 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ func assertCephNFSBlockPool(t *testing.T, reconciler StorageClusterReconciler, c
 	expectedAf, err := reconciler.newCephBlockPoolInstances(cr)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, len(expectedAf[1].OwnerReferences), 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(expectedAf[2].OwnerReferences), 1)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedAf[1].ObjectMeta.Name, actualNFSBlockPool.ObjectMeta.Name)
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedAf[1].Spec, actualNFSBlockPool.Spec)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedAf[2].ObjectMeta.Name, actualNFSBlockPool.ObjectMeta.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedAf[2].Spec, actualNFSBlockPool.Spec)
 }
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
index 470d50366d..77190578ba 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephFilesystemInstances(initStorageCluster
 		}
 	}
 
+	// set device class for metadata pool from the default data pool
+	ret.Spec.MetadataPool.DeviceClass = ret.Spec.DataPools[0].PoolSpec.DeviceClass
+
 	err := controllerutil.SetControllerReference(initStorageCluster, ret, r.Scheme)
 	if err != nil {
 		r.Log.Error(err, "Unable to set Controller Reference for CephFileSystem.", "CephFileSystem", klog.KRef(ret.Namespace, ret.Name))
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
index a36ebd2980..add5a8f1e9 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephObjectStoreInstances(initData *ocsv1.S
 					Replicated:    generateCephReplicatedSpec(initData, "data"),
 				},
 				MetadataPool: cephv1.PoolSpec{
+					DeviceClass:   initData.Status.DefaultCephDeviceClass,
 					FailureDomain: initData.Status.FailureDomain,
 					Replicated:    generateCephReplicatedSpec(initData, "metadata"),
 				},