diff --git a/controllers/subscriptions.go b/controllers/subscriptions.go
index 7d4145a4d..f3a31752c 100644
--- a/controllers/subscriptions.go
+++ b/controllers/subscriptions.go
@@ -42,16 +42,27 @@ import (
 // because fake.Client does not support them.
 func CheckExistingSubscriptions(cli client.Client, desiredSubscription *operatorv1alpha1.Subscription) (*operatorv1alpha1.Subscription, error) {
 
+	odfSub, err := GetOdfSubscription(cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if odfSub.Spec.Config == nil {
+		odfSub.Spec.Config = &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionConfig{}
+	}
+
 	subsList := &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionList{}
-	err := cli.List(context.TODO(), subsList, &client.ListOptions{Namespace: desiredSubscription.Namespace})
+	err = cli.List(context.TODO(), subsList, &client.ListOptions{Namespace: desiredSubscription.Namespace})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var subExsist bool
 	var actualSub *operatorv1alpha1.Subscription
 	pkgName := desiredSubscription.Spec.Package
 	for i, sub := range subsList.Items {
 		if sub.Spec.Package == pkgName {
+			subExsist = true
 			if actualSub != nil {
 				foundSubs := []string{actualSub.Name, sub.Name}
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple Subscriptions found for package '%s': %v", pkgName, foundSubs)
@@ -59,22 +70,71 @@ func CheckExistingSubscriptions(cli client.Client, desiredSubscription *operator
 			actualSub = &subsList.Items[i]
 			actualSub.Spec.Channel = desiredSubscription.Spec.Channel
 
-			// If the config is not set, only then set it to the desired value => allow user to override
-			if actualSub.Spec.Config == nil {
+			if actualSub.Spec.Config == nil && desiredSubscription.Spec.Config == nil {
+				actualSub.Spec.Config = &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionConfig{}
+				actualSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations = odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations
+			} else if actualSub.Spec.Config == nil && desiredSubscription.Spec.Config != nil {
 				actualSub.Spec.Config = desiredSubscription.Spec.Config
+				actualSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations = getMergedTolerations(odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations, desiredSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations)
+			} else if actualSub.Spec.Config != nil && desiredSubscription.Spec.Config == nil {
+				actualSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations = odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations
 			} else if actualSub.Spec.Config != nil && desiredSubscription.Spec.Config != nil {
 				// Combines the environment variables from both subscriptions.
-				// If actualSub already contains an environment variable, its value will be updated with the value from desiredSubscription.
 				actualSub.Spec.Config.Env = getMergedEnvVars(actualSub.Spec.Config.Env, desiredSubscription.Spec.Config.Env)
+				// Combines the Tolerations from odf sub and desired sub.
+				actualSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations = getMergedTolerations(odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations, desiredSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations)
 			}
 
 			desiredSubscription = actualSub
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !subExsist {
+		if desiredSubscription.Spec.Config == nil {
+			desiredSubscription.Spec.Config = &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionConfig{
+				Tolerations: odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations,
+			}
+		} else {
+			desiredSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations = getMergedTolerations(odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations, desiredSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return desiredSubscription, nil
 }
 
+func getMergedTolerations(tol1, tol2 []corev1.Toleration) []corev1.Toleration {
+
+	if len(tol1) == 0 {
+		return append([]corev1.Toleration{}, tol2...)
+	} else if len(tol2) == 0 {
+		return append([]corev1.Toleration{}, tol1...)
+	}
+
+	mergedTolerations := append([]corev1.Toleration{}, tol1...)
+
+	for _, t2 := range tol2 {
+		found := false
+		for i, t1 := range tol1 {
+			if t1.Key == t2.Key && t1.Operator == t2.Operator && t1.Value == t2.Value {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+			// If the toleration with the same key but different values is found,
+			// update the existing toleration in tol1 with the new toleration from tol2.
+			if t1.Key == t2.Key && t1.Operator == t2.Operator {
+				tol1[i] = t2
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			mergedTolerations = append(mergedTolerations, t2)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return mergedTolerations
+}
+
 // getMergedEnvVars updates the value of env variables in the envList1 with that of envList2 and
 // returns the updated list of env variables.
 func getMergedEnvVars(envList1, envList2 []corev1.EnvVar) []corev1.EnvVar {
diff --git a/controllers/subscriptions_test.go b/controllers/subscriptions_test.go
index d2335c591..9a0975323 100644
--- a/controllers/subscriptions_test.go
+++ b/controllers/subscriptions_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ func TestEnsureSubscription(t *testing.T) {
 
 				Spec: &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionSpec{
 					Package: OdfSubscriptionPackage,
+					Config: &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionConfig{
+						Tolerations: []corev1.Toleration{
+							{
+								Key:      "node.odf.openshift.io/storage",
+								Operator: "Equal",
+								Value:    "true",
+								Effect:   "NoSchedule",
+							},
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			}
 			err = fakeReconciler.Client.Create(context.TODO(), odfSub)
@@ -81,9 +92,18 @@ func TestEnsureSubscription(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			for _, expectedSubscription := range subs {
+				if expectedSubscription.Spec.Config == nil {
+					expectedSubscription.Spec.Config = &operatorv1alpha1.SubscriptionConfig{
+						Tolerations: odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations,
+					}
+				} else {
+					expectedSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations = getMergedTolerations(odfSub.Spec.Config.Tolerations, expectedSubscription.Spec.Config.Tolerations)
+				}
+
 				actualSubscription := &operatorv1alpha1.Subscription{}
 				err = fakeReconciler.Client.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: expectedSubscription.Name, Namespace: expectedSubscription.Namespace}, actualSubscription)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
+
 				assert.Equal(t, expectedSubscription.Spec, actualSubscription.Spec)
 			}
 		}