diff --git a/roles/ocp4_workload_external_odf/templates/storagecluster.yaml.j2 b/roles/ocp4_workload_external_odf/templates/storagecluster.yaml.j2
index 803a694..8497cf1 100644
--- a/roles/ocp4_workload_external_odf/templates/storagecluster.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/ocp4_workload_external_odf/templates/storagecluster.yaml.j2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
 {% endif %}
   managedResources:
     cephBlockPools:
-      reconcileStrategy: ignore
+      reconcileStrategy: init
     cephFilesystems: {}
     cephObjectStoreUsers: {}
     cephObjectStores: {}