diff --git a/config/deployments/integration-tests/README.md b/config/deployments/integration-tests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfd9569e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deployments/integration-tests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Integration tests
+
+The [crds](./crds/) are copied from the vm-operators version which is consumed as go module.
+
+These should get updated when bumping the dependency vm-operator dependency.
+
+To sync the new CRD's use the following script **and** update `kustomization.yaml` accordingly.
+
+```sh
+make clean-vm-operator checkout-vm-operator
+rm -r config/deployments/integration-tests/crds
+cp -r test/infrastructure/vm-operator/vm-operator.tmp/config/crd/bases config/deployments/integration-tests/crds
+
+make clean-vm-operator
+```
diff --git a/pkg/services/vmoperator/vmopmachine.go b/pkg/services/vmoperator/vmopmachine.go
index 8c756a0a27..159ff7f6b5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/vmoperator/vmopmachine.go
+++ b/pkg/services/vmoperator/vmopmachine.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func (v *VmopMachineService) reconcileVMOperatorVM(ctx context.Context, supervis
 			vmOperatorVM.Spec.StorageClass = supervisorMachineCtx.VSphereMachine.Spec.StorageClass
 		}
 		vmOperatorVM.Spec.PowerState = vmoprv1.VirtualMachinePowerStateOn
-		if vmOperatorVM.Spec.Reserved == nil {
+		if vmOperatorVM.Spec.Reserved == nil && supervisorMachineCtx.VSphereCluster.Status.ResourcePolicyName != "" {
 			vmOperatorVM.Spec.Reserved = &vmoprv1.VirtualMachineReservedSpec{}
 		}
 		if vmOperatorVM.Spec.Reserved.ResourcePolicyName == "" {