diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
index a503bdc01..e80ab6d3b 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
                     min-cpu-limit="ctrl.state.sliders.cpu.min"
                     max-memory-limit="ctrl.state.sliders.memory.max"
                     max-cpu-limit="ctrl.state.sliders.cpu.max"
-                    validation-data="{maxMemoryLimit: ctrl.state.sliders.memory.max, maxCpuLimit: ctrl.state.sliders.cpu.max, isEnvironmentAdmin: ctrl.isAdmin, nodeLimits: ctrl.nodesLimits.nodesLimits}"
+                    validation-data="{isEdit: ctrl.state.isEdit, maxMemoryLimit: ctrl.state.sliders.memory.max, maxCpuLimit: ctrl.state.sliders.cpu.max, isEnvironmentAdmin: ctrl.isAdmin, nodeLimits: ctrl.nodesLimits.nodesLimits}"
                     resource-quota-capacity-exceeded="ctrl.resourceQuotaCapacityExceeded()"
                   ></resource-reservation-form-section>
 
diff --git a/app/react/kubernetes/applications/components/ResourceReservationFormSection/resourceReservationValidation.ts b/app/react/kubernetes/applications/components/ResourceReservationFormSection/resourceReservationValidation.ts
index 2648b9253..2a785cb5e 100644
--- a/app/react/kubernetes/applications/components/ResourceReservationFormSection/resourceReservationValidation.ts
+++ b/app/react/kubernetes/applications/components/ResourceReservationFormSection/resourceReservationValidation.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type ValidationData = {
   maxCpuLimit: number;
   isEnvironmentAdmin: boolean;
   nodeLimits: NodesLimits;
+  isEdit: boolean;
 };
 
 export function resourceReservationValidation(
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ export function resourceReservationValidation(
         }`,
         () => !!validationData && validationData.maxMemoryLimit > 0
       )
-      .max(
-        validationData?.maxMemoryLimit || 0,
-        ({ value }) =>
-          `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxMemoryLimit}MB now - the previous value of ${value} exceeds this.`
+      .max(validationData?.maxMemoryLimit || 0, ({ value }) =>
+        validationData?.isEdit
+          ? `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxMemoryLimit}MB now - the previous value of ${value} exceeds this.`
+          : `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxMemoryLimit}MB.`
       )
       .test(
         'hasSuitableNode',
@@ -68,10 +69,10 @@ export function resourceReservationValidation(
         }`,
         () => !!validationData && validationData.maxCpuLimit > 0
       )
-      .max(
-        validationData?.maxCpuLimit || 0,
-        ({ value }) =>
-          `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxCpuLimit} now - the previous value of ${value} exceeds this.`
+      .max(validationData?.maxCpuLimit || 0, ({ value }) =>
+        validationData?.isEdit
+          ? `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxCpuLimit} now - the previous value of ${value} exceeds this.`
+          : `Value must be between 0 and ${validationData?.maxCpuLimit}.`
       )
       .test(
         'hasSuitableNode',