diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index c5b26facfc..9e1c4af5a1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ const (
 	qemuStopSandboxTimeoutSecs = 15
 )
 
+var noGuestMemHotplugErr error = errors.New("guest memory hotplug not supported")
+
 // agnostic list of kernel parameters
 var defaultKernelParameters = []Param{
 	{"panic", "1"},
@@ -1785,7 +1787,7 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugRemoveCPUs(amount uint32) (uint32, error) {
 func (q *qemu) hotplugMemory(memDev *memoryDevice, op operation) (int, error) {
 
 	if !q.arch.supportGuestMemoryHotplug() {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("guest memory hotplug not supported")
+		return 0, noGuestMemHotplugErr
 	}
 	if memDev.sizeMB < 0 {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot hotplug negative size (%d) memory", memDev.sizeMB)
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 5f2bd56d57..95f68bfeb8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -1836,7 +1836,11 @@ func (s *Sandbox) updateResources(ctx context.Context) error {
 	s.Logger().WithField("memory-sandbox-size-byte", sandboxMemoryByte).Debugf("Request to hypervisor to update memory")
 	newMemory, updatedMemoryDevice, err := s.hypervisor.resizeMemory(ctx, uint32(sandboxMemoryByte>>utils.MibToBytesShift), s.state.GuestMemoryBlockSizeMB, s.state.GuestMemoryHotplugProbe)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if err == noGuestMemHotplugErr {
+			s.Logger().Warnf("%s, memory specifications cannot be guaranteed", err)
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	s.Logger().Debugf("Sandbox memory size: %d MB", newMemory)
 	if s.state.GuestMemoryHotplugProbe && updatedMemoryDevice.addr != 0 {