diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
index 9e211402652e..352f61ab3ced 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/spec.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeMgrDaemonContainer(mgrConfig *mgrConfig) v1.Container {
 		),
 		Resources:       cephv1.GetMgrResources(c.spec.Resources),
 		SecurityContext: controller.PodSecurityContext(),
-		LivenessProbe:   getDefaultMgrLivenessProbe(),
+		LivenessProbe:   controller.GenerateLivenessProbeExecDaemon(config.MgrType, mgrConfig.DaemonID),
 		WorkingDir:      config.VarLogCephDir,
 	}
 
@@ -254,18 +253,6 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeCmdProxySidecarContainer(mgrConfig *mgrConfig) v1.Containe
 	return container
 }
 
-func getDefaultMgrLivenessProbe() *v1.Probe {
-	return &v1.Probe{
-		Handler: v1.Handler{
-			HTTPGet: &v1.HTTPGetAction{
-				Path: "/",
-				Port: intstr.FromInt(int(DefaultMetricsPort)),
-			},
-		},
-		InitialDelaySeconds: 60,
-	}
-}
-
 // MakeMetricsService generates the Kubernetes service object for the monitoring service
 func (c *Cluster) MakeMetricsService(name, activeDaemon, servicePortMetricName string) (*v1.Service, error) {
 	labels := c.selectorLabels(activeDaemon)