diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c4562d..e576fc5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ openstack_wait: openstack ## waits openstack CSV to succeed.
 
 # creates the new initialization resource for our operators
 .PHONY: openstack_init
-openstack_init: openstack_wait openstack_deploy_cleanup openstack_repo
+openstack_init: openstack_wait
+	test -f ${OPERATOR_BASE_DIR}/openstack-operator/config/samples/operator_v1beta1_openstack.yaml || make openstack_repo
 	oc create -f ${OPERATOR_BASE_DIR}/openstack-operator/config/samples/operator_v1beta1_openstack.yaml
 	oc wait openstack/openstack -n ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE} --for condition=Ready --timeout=${TIMEOUT}