diff --git a/controllers/sriovnetworknodepolicy_controller_test.go b/controllers/sriovnetworknodepolicy_controller_test.go
index abdddbc91..29d2266da 100644
--- a/controllers/sriovnetworknodepolicy_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/sriovnetworknodepolicy_controller_test.go
@@ -260,4 +260,44 @@ var _ = Describe("SriovnetworkNodePolicy controller", Ordered, func() {
 			}, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
 		})
 	})
+
+	Context("RdmaMode", func() {
+		It("field is correctly written to the  SriovNetworkNodePolicy", func() {
+			node := &corev1.Node{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "node0",
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"node-role.kubernetes.io/worker": "",
+					"kubernetes.io/os":               "linux",
+					"test":                           "",
+				},
+			}}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, node)).To(Succeed())
+
+			nodeState := &sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState{}
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				err := k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), k8sclient.ObjectKey{Name: "node0", Namespace: testNamespace}, nodeState)
+				g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			}, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+
+			poolConfig := &sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkPoolConfig{}
+			poolConfig.SetNamespace(testNamespace)
+			poolConfig.SetName("test-workers")
+			poolConfig.Spec = sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkPoolConfigSpec{
+				NodeSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+					MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+						"test": "",
+					},
+				},
+				RdmaMode: "exclusive",
+			}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, poolConfig)).To(Succeed())
+
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				err := k8sClient.Get(context.Background(), k8sclient.ObjectKey{Name: node.Name, Namespace: testNamespace}, nodeState)
+				g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				g.Expect(nodeState.Spec.System.RdmaMode).To(Equal("exclusive"))
+			}).WithPolling(time.Second).WithTimeout(time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+		})
+	})
 })