diff --git a/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb b/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
index 7619da6a..ac154bad 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
+++ b/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@
 #getting total system memory less 10% reserved by system
 sysmem_total = (node["memory"]["total"].to_i * 0.90).to_i
 #node attributes related with memory are changed inside the function to have simplicity using recursivity
-memory_services(sysmem_total)
-
+memory_services(sysmem_total, ['chef-client']) # Don't assign memory to chef because the service will get handled
 
 #License