diff --git a/src/ocre/components/container_supervisor/cs_sm_impl.c b/src/ocre/components/container_supervisor/cs_sm_impl.c
index c462c975..cd66e726 100644
--- a/src/ocre/components/container_supervisor/cs_sm_impl.c
+++ b/src/ocre/components/container_supervisor/cs_sm_impl.c
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ ocre_container_status_t CS_create_container(ocre_container_t *container)
 	}
 
 	if (container->container_runtime_status != CONTAINER_STATUS_UNKNOWN &&
-	    container->container_runtime_status != CONTAINER_STATUS_DESTROYED) {
+	    container->container_runtime_status != CONTAINER_STATUS_DESTROYED &&
+	    container->container_runtime_status != CONTAINER_STATUS_RESERVED) {
 		LOG_ERR("Cannot create container again container with ID: %d, already exists", curr_container_ID);
 		return CONTAINER_STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
diff --git a/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.c b/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.c
index e0847f1d..62a796ca 100644
--- a/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.c
+++ b/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ ocre_container_status_t ocre_container_runtime_create_container(ocre_cs_ctx *ctx
 		    (ctx->containers[i].container_runtime_status == CONTAINER_STATUS_DESTROYED)) {
 			*container_id = i;
 			ctx->containers[i].container_ID = i;
+			ctx->containers[i].container_runtime_status = CONTAINER_STATUS_RESERVED;
 			validity_flag = true;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.h b/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.h
index e3dda8ff..9ecd9e72 100644
--- a/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.h
+++ b/src/ocre/ocre_container_runtime/ocre_container_runtime.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 typedef enum {
 	CONTAINER_STATUS_UNKNOWN,      ///< Status is unknown.
+	CONTAINER_STATUS_RESERVED,     ///< Container slot has been reserved.
 	CONTAINER_STATUS_CREATED,      ///< Container has been created.
 	CONTAINER_STATUS_RUNNING,      ///< Container is currently running.
 	CONTAINER_STATUS_STOPPED,      ///< Container has been stopped.