diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
index 324143cffcf..17def806c33 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@ public class KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker extends KubernetesClu
         for (int i = offset + 1; i <= nodeCount; i++) {
             UserVm vm = createKubernetesNode(publicIpAddress, i);
             addKubernetesClusterVm(kubernetesCluster.getId(), vm.getId());
-            resizeNodeVolume(vm);
+            if (kubernetesCluster.getNodeRootDiskSize() > 0) {
+                resizeNodeVolume(vm);
+            }
             startKubernetesVM(vm);
             vm = userVmDao.findById(vm.getId());
             if (vm == null) {
diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
index 5855319ae67..4a96b9ed2ba 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ public class KubernetesClusterStartWorker extends KubernetesClusterResourceModif
         UserVm k8sMasterVM = null;
         k8sMasterVM = createKubernetesMaster(network, publicIpAddress);
         addKubernetesClusterVm(kubernetesCluster.getId(), k8sMasterVM.getId());
-        resizeNodeVolume(k8sMasterVM);
+        if (kubernetesCluster.getNodeRootDiskSize() > 0) {
+            resizeNodeVolume(k8sMasterVM);
+        }
         startKubernetesVM(k8sMasterVM);
         k8sMasterVM = userVmDao.findById(k8sMasterVM.getId());
         if (k8sMasterVM == null) {
@@ -297,7 +299,9 @@ public class KubernetesClusterStartWorker extends KubernetesClusterResourceModif
                 UserVm vm = null;
                 vm = createKubernetesAdditionalMaster(publicIpAddress, i);
                 addKubernetesClusterVm(kubernetesCluster.getId(), vm.getId());
-                resizeNodeVolume(vm);
+                if (kubernetesCluster.getNodeRootDiskSize() > 0) {
+                    resizeNodeVolume(vm);
+                }
                 startKubernetesVM(vm);
                 vm = userVmDao.findById(vm.getId());
                 if (vm == null) {
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
index c58aabb90e6..2b2ced5ee34 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class TestScaleVm(cloudstackTestCase):
         cls.zone = get_zone(cls.apiclient, testClient.getZoneForTests())
         cls.services['mode'] = cls.zone.networktype
 
-        if cls.hypervisor.lower() == 'simulator':
+        if cls.hypervisor.lower() in ['simulator', 'vmware']:
             cls.template = get_template(
                 cls.apiclient,
                 cls.zone.id,