diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache.go b/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache.go
index 50dd0d60156..9613b5e698e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/translator"
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ type volumeCache struct {
 	seLinuxTranslator *translator.ControllerSELinuxTranslator
 	// All volumes of all existing Pods.
 	volumes map[v1.UniqueVolumeName]usedVolume
+	// Reverse index: maps each pod to the list of volumes it uses.
+	// The index is used during pod deletion.
+	podToVolumes map[cache.ObjectName]sets.Set[v1.UniqueVolumeName]
 }
 
 var _ VolumeCache = &volumeCache{}
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ func NewVolumeLabelCache(seLinuxTranslator *translator.ControllerSELinuxTranslat
 	return &volumeCache{
 		seLinuxTranslator: seLinuxTranslator,
 		volumes:           make(map[v1.UniqueVolumeName]usedVolume),
+		podToVolumes:      make(map[cache.ObjectName]sets.Set[v1.UniqueVolumeName]),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -111,6 +116,9 @@ func (c *volumeCache) AddVolume(logger klog.Logger, volumeName v1.UniqueVolumeNa
 			pods:      newPodInfoListForPod(podKey, label, changePolicy),
 		}
 		c.volumes[volumeName] = volume
+
+		// Add to reverse index
+		c.registerPodVolume(podKey, volumeName)
 		return conflicts
 	}
 
@@ -129,6 +137,9 @@ func (c *volumeCache) AddVolume(logger klog.Logger, volumeName v1.UniqueVolumeNa
 	// Add the updated pod info to the cache
 	volume.pods[podKey] = podInfo
 
+	// Add to reverse index
+	c.registerPodVolume(podKey, volumeName)
+
 	// Emit conflicts for the pod
 	for otherPodKey, otherPodInfo := range volume.pods {
 		if otherPodInfo.changePolicy != changePolicy {
@@ -177,12 +188,28 @@ func (c *volumeCache) DeletePod(logger klog.Logger, podKey cache.ObjectName) {
 	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
 	defer c.dump(logger)
 
-	for volumeName, volume := range c.volumes {
+	// Use reverse index to only iterate through volumes this pod actually uses.
+	for volumeName := range c.podToVolumes[podKey] {
+		volume, found := c.volumes[volumeName]
+		if !found {
+			continue
+		}
 		delete(volume.pods, podKey)
 		if len(volume.pods) == 0 {
 			delete(c.volumes, volumeName)
 		}
 	}
+	delete(c.podToVolumes, podKey)
+}
+
+// registerPodVolume adds volumeName to the pod volume index.
+// Make sure to hold c.mutex when calling this function.
+func (c *volumeCache) registerPodVolume(podKey cache.ObjectName, volumeName v1.UniqueVolumeName) {
+	if podVolumes, ok := c.podToVolumes[podKey]; ok {
+		podVolumes.Insert(volumeName)
+	} else {
+		c.podToVolumes[podKey] = sets.New(volumeName)
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *volumeCache) dump(logger klog.Logger) {
@@ -214,6 +241,22 @@ func (c *volumeCache) dump(logger klog.Logger) {
 			logger.Info("  pod", "pod", podKey, "seLinuxLabel", podInfo.seLinuxLabel, "changePolicy", podInfo.changePolicy)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Collect all pods, sort them and print the associated volumes.
+	podKeys := make([]cache.ObjectName, 0, len(c.podToVolumes))
+	for podKey := range c.podToVolumes {
+		podKeys = append(podKeys, podKey)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(podKeys, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return podKeys[i].String() < podKeys[j].String()
+	})
+
+	logger.Info("VolumeCache reverse index dump:")
+	for _, podKey := range podKeys {
+		podVolumes := sets.List(c.podToVolumes[podKey])
+		slices.Sort(podVolumes)
+		logger.Info("  pod", "pod", podKey, "volumes", podVolumes)
+	}
 }
 
 // GetPodsForCSIDriver returns all pods that use volumes with the given CSI driver.
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache_test.go b/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache_test.go
index 5bba301b692..66885e519bf 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/selinuxwarning/cache/volumecache_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,39 @@ func sortConflicts(conflicts []Conflict) {
 	})
 }
 
+// verifyReverseIndexConsistency checks that forward and reverse indexes are symmetric
+func verifyReverseIndexConsistency(t *testing.T, c *volumeCache) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// For every (pod, volume) in reverse index, verify it exists in forward index.
+	for podKey, volumes := range c.podToVolumes {
+		for volumeName := range volumes {
+			volume, found := c.volumes[volumeName]
+			if !found {
+				t.Errorf("Reverse index has pod %s -> volume %s, but volume not in forward index", podKey, volumeName)
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, found := volume.pods[podKey]; !found {
+				t.Errorf("Reverse index has pod %s -> volume %s, but pod not in volume's pod list", podKey, volumeName)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// For every (volume, pod) in forward index, verify it exists in reverse index.
+	for volumeName, volume := range c.volumes {
+		for podKey := range volume.pods {
+			podVolumes, found := c.podToVolumes[podKey]
+			if !found {
+				t.Errorf("Forward index has volume %s -> pod %s, but pod not in reverse index", volumeName, podKey)
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, found := podVolumes[volumeName]; !found {
+				t.Errorf("Forward index has volume %s -> pod %s, but volume not in pod's volume list", volumeName, podKey)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Delete all items in a bigger cache and check it's empty
 func TestVolumeCache_DeleteAll(t *testing.T) {
 	var podsToDelete []cache.ObjectName
@@ -69,6 +102,8 @@ func TestVolumeCache_DeleteAll(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log("Before deleting all pods:")
 	c.dump(dumpLogger)
 
+	verifyReverseIndexConsistency(t, c)
+
 	// Act: delete all pods
 	for _, podKey := range podsToDelete {
 		c.DeletePod(logger, podKey)
@@ -79,6 +114,12 @@ func TestVolumeCache_DeleteAll(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected cache to be empty, got %d volumes", len(c.volumes))
 		c.dump(dumpLogger)
 	}
+
+	// Assert: the reverse index is also empty
+	if len(c.podToVolumes) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected reverse index to be empty, got %d pods", len(c.podToVolumes))
+	}
+	verifyReverseIndexConsistency(t, c)
 }
 
 type podWithVolume struct {
@@ -442,6 +483,9 @@ func TestVolumeCache_AddVolumeSendConflicts(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("pod %s has unexpected info: %+v", podKey, existingInfo)
 			}
 
+			// Verify reverse index consistency
+			verifyReverseIndexConsistency(t, c)
+
 			// Act again: get the conflicts via SendConflicts
 			ch := make(chan Conflict)
 			go func() {