diff --git a/internal/operands/metrics/resources.go b/internal/operands/metrics/resources.go
index 26423e4fb..ffb54befb 100644
--- a/internal/operands/metrics/resources.go
+++ b/internal/operands/metrics/resources.go
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ func getAlertRules() ([]promv1.Rule, error) {
 		},
 		{
 			Alert: "VirtualMachineCRCErrors",
-			Expr:  intstr.FromString("kubevirt_ssp_vm_rbd_volume{volume_mode=\"Block\", rxbounce_enabled=\"false\"} > 0"),
+			Expr:  intstr.FromString("(count(kubevirt_ssp_vm_rbd_volume{volume_mode=\"Block\", rxbounce_enabled=\"false\"} > 0) or vector(0)) > 0"),
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"description": "VirtualMachine {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.name }} may report OSD errors",
+				"description": "{{ $value }} Virtual Machines are in risk of causing CRC errors and major service outages",
 				"summary":     "When running VMs using ODF storage with 'rbd' mounter or 'rbd.csi.ceph.com provisioner', it will report bad crc/signature errors and cluster performance will be severely degraded if krbd:rxbounce is not set.",
 				"runbook_url": fmt.Sprintf(runbookURLTemplate, "VirtualMachineCRCErrors"),
 			},
diff --git a/tests/monitoring_test.go b/tests/monitoring_test.go
index 8abc4e580..df14e52bb 100644
--- a/tests/monitoring_test.go
+++ b/tests/monitoring_test.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Prometheus Alerts", func() {
 			alertShouldNotBeActive("VirtualMachineCRCErrors")
 		})
 
-		It("[test_id:TODO] Should fire VirtualMachineCRCErrors is disabled", func() {
+		It("[test_id:TODO] Should fire VirtualMachineCRCErrors when rxbounce is disabled", func() {
 			vmName := createResources(true, false)
 			waitForSeriesToBeDetected(fmt.Sprintf("kubevirt_ssp_vm_rbd_volume{name='%s', rxbounce_enabled='false'}", vmName))
 			waitForAlertToActivate("VirtualMachineCRCErrors")