diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/driver.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/driver.py
index 3b7e27f01ac..91ed3f91e21 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/driver.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/driver.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ POWERSTORE_OPTS = options.POWERSTORE_OPTS
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.register_opts(POWERSTORE_OPTS, group=configuration.SHARED_CONF_GROUP)
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-POWERSTORE_PP_KEY = "powerstore:protection_policy"
 
 
 @interface.volumedriver
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ class PowerStoreDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
         properties = {}
         self._set_property(
             properties,
-            POWERSTORE_PP_KEY,
+            utils.POWERSTORE_PP_KEY,
             "PowerStore Protection Policy.",
             _("Specifies the PowerStore Protection Policy for a "
               "volume type. Protection Policy is assigned to a volume during "
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/utils.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/utils.py
index dd02fe93ca2..784d06d2ee1 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/utils.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/powerstore/utils.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from cinder.common import constants
 from cinder import exception
 from cinder.i18n import _
 from cinder.objects import fields
-from cinder.volume.drivers.dell_emc.powerstore import driver
 from cinder.volume import volume_utils
 
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ CHAP_DEFAULT_SECRET_LENGTH = 60
 PROTOCOL_FC = constants.FC
 PROTOCOL_ISCSI = constants.ISCSI
 PROTOCOL_NVME = "NVMe"
+POWERSTORE_PP_KEY = "powerstore:protection_policy"
 
 
 def bytes_to_gib(size_in_bytes):
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def get_protection_policy_from_volume(volume):
     :return: Protection policy name
     """
 
-    return volume.volume_type.extra_specs.get(driver.POWERSTORE_PP_KEY)
+    return volume.volume_type.extra_specs.get(POWERSTORE_PP_KEY)
 
 
 def is_group_a_cg_snapshot_type(func):