diff --git a/pkg/controller/backup_sync_controller.go b/pkg/controller/backup_sync_controller.go
index b11ff4db1b..70c8101dd0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/backup_sync_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/backup_sync_controller.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/clientmgmt"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/kube"
 
+	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
@@ -272,10 +273,20 @@ func (b *backupSyncReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 			for _, snapCont := range snapConts {
 				// TODO: Reset ResourceVersion prior to persisting VolumeSnapshotContents
 				snapCont.ResourceVersion = ""
-				// For creating static VSContent, we should put snapshothandle in source rather than volume handle.
-				// Because if VSContent syncs to a different cluster, having volumeHandle will force rePUTs on the snapshot
-				snapCont.Spec.Source.SnapshotHandle = snapCont.Status.SnapshotHandle
-				snapCont.Spec.Source.VolumeHandle = nil
+				// Make the VolumeSnapshotContent static
+				snapCont.Spec.Source = snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentSource{
+					SnapshotHandle: snapCont.Status.SnapshotHandle,
+				}
+				// Set VolumeSnapshotRef to none exist one, because VolumeSnapshotContent
+				// validation webhook will check whether name and namespace are nil.
+				// external-snapshotter needs Source pointing to snapshot and VolumeSnapshot
+				// reference's UID to nil to determine the VolumeSnapshotContent is deletable.
+				snapCont.Spec.VolumeSnapshotRef = corev1api.ObjectReference{
+					APIVersion: snapshotv1api.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+					Kind:       "VolumeSnapshot",
+					Namespace:  "ns-" + string(snapCont.UID),
+					Name:       "name-" + string(snapCont.UID),
+				}
 				err := b.client.Create(ctx, snapCont, &client.CreateOptions{})
 				switch {
 				case err != nil && apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err):