diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManager.java b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManager.java
index f46a823e31..2bcd8eb467 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManager.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManager.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.samza.context.JobContext;
 import org.apache.samza.job.model.ContainerModel;
 import org.apache.samza.job.model.TaskMode;
+import org.apache.samza.job.model.TaskModel;
 import org.apache.samza.serializers.Serde;
 import org.apache.samza.serializers.SerdeManager;
 import org.apache.samza.storage.blobstore.BlobStoreStateBackendFactory;
@@ -192,6 +193,20 @@ public ContainerStorageManager(
     this.storeConsumers = ContainerStorageManagerUtil.createStoreChangelogConsumers(
         activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams, systemFactories, samzaContainerMetrics.registry(), config);
 
+    // The store directory paths are used by SamzaContainer to add a metric to watch the disk space usage of the store
+    // directories. The stores itself does not need to be created but the store directory paths need to be set to be
+    // able to monitor them, once they're created and in use.
+    Set<String> storesToCreate =
+        ContainerStorageManagerUtil.getNonSideInputNonInMemoryStores(storageEngineFactories, sideInputStoreNames, config);
+    for (String storeName : storesToCreate) {
+      for (Map.Entry<TaskName, TaskModel> task : containerModel.getTasks().entrySet()) {
+            File storeDirPath = ContainerStorageManagerUtil.getStoreDirPath(storeName, config, activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams,
+                sideInputStoreNames, task.getKey(), task.getValue(), storageManagerUtil, loggedStoreBaseDirectory,
+                nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory);
+            storeDirectoryPaths.add(storeDirPath.toPath());
+      }
+    }
+
     JobConfig jobConfig = new JobConfig(config);
     int restoreThreadPoolSize =
         Math.min(
diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManagerUtil.java b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManagerUtil.java
index a221552612..2402e42943 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManagerUtil.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/samza/storage/ContainerStorageManagerUtil.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public static Map<TaskName, Map<String, StorageEngine>> createTaskStores(Set<Str
       File loggedStoreBaseDirectory, File nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory,
       Config config) {
     Map<TaskName, Map<String, StorageEngine>> taskStores = new HashMap<>();
-    StorageConfig storageConfig = new StorageConfig(config);
 
     // iterate over each task and each storeName
     for (Map.Entry<TaskName, TaskModel> task : containerModel.getTasks().entrySet()) {
@@ -90,15 +89,8 @@ public static Map<TaskName, Map<String, StorageEngine>> createTaskStores(Set<Str
       }
 
       for (String storeName : storesToCreate) {
-        List<String> storeBackupManagers = storageConfig.getStoreBackupFactories(storeName);
-        // A store is considered durable if it is backed by a changelog or another backupManager factory
-        boolean isDurable = activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams.containsKey(storeName) || !storeBackupManagers.isEmpty();
-        boolean isSideInput = sideInputStoreNames.contains(storeName);
-        // Use the logged-store-base-directory for change logged stores and sideInput stores, and non-logged-store-base-dir
-        // for non logged stores
-        File storeBaseDir = isDurable || isSideInput ? loggedStoreBaseDirectory : nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory;
-        File storeDirectory = storageManagerUtil.getTaskStoreDir(storeBaseDir, storeName, taskName,
-            taskModel.getTaskMode());
+        File storeDirectory = getStoreDirPath(storeName, config, activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams,
+            sideInputStoreNames, taskName, taskModel, storageManagerUtil, loggedStoreBaseDirectory, nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory);
         storeDirectoryPaths.add(storeDirectory.toPath());
 
         // if taskInstanceMetrics are specified use those for store metrics,
@@ -412,4 +404,32 @@ public static Set<String> getSideInputStoreNames(
     }
     return sideInputStores;
   }
+
+  public static Set<String> getNonSideInputNonInMemoryStores(Map<String, StorageEngineFactory<Object, Object>> storageEngineFactories,
+      Set<String> sideInputStoreNames, Config config) {
+    Set<String> inMemoryStoreNames =
+        ContainerStorageManagerUtil.getInMemoryStoreNames(storageEngineFactories, config);
+    Set<String> nonSideInputStoreNames =
+        storageEngineFactories.keySet().stream().filter(storeName -> !sideInputStoreNames.contains(storeName))
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    Set<String> storeNames = nonSideInputStoreNames.stream()
+        .filter(s -> !inMemoryStoreNames.contains(s)).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    return storeNames;
+  }
+
+  public static File getStoreDirPath(String storeName, Config config, Map<String, SystemStream> activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams,
+      Set<String> sideInputStoreNames, TaskName taskName, TaskModel taskModel, StorageManagerUtil storageManagerUtil,
+      File loggedStoreBaseDirectory, File nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory) {
+    StorageConfig storageConfig = new StorageConfig(config);
+    List<String> storeBackupManagers = storageConfig.getStoreBackupFactories(storeName);
+    // A store is considered durable if it is backed by a changelog or another backupManager factory
+    boolean isDurable = activeTaskChangelogSystemStreams.containsKey(storeName) || !storeBackupManagers.isEmpty();
+    boolean isSideInput = sideInputStoreNames.contains(storeName);
+    // Use the logged-store-base-directory for change logged stores and sideInput stores, and non-logged-store-base-dir
+    // for non logged stores
+    File storeBaseDir = isDurable || isSideInput ? loggedStoreBaseDirectory : nonLoggedStoreBaseDirectory;
+    File storeDirectory = storageManagerUtil.getTaskStoreDir(storeBaseDir, storeName, taskName,
+        taskModel.getTaskMode());
+    return storeDirectory;
+  }
 }