diff --git a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
index c7a24f42..042a14df 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
@@ -2382,6 +2382,8 @@ fi
 ######################################################################
 # From post_system_aio
 ######################################################################
+TEMPLATE_FILE="/usr/share/worker-utils/config/worker_reserved.conf"
+TARGET_FILE="/etc/platform/worker_reserved.conf"
 if [ "${aio}" = true ] ; then
 
     ## Reserve more memory for base processes since the controller has higher
@@ -2407,8 +2409,6 @@ if [ "${aio}" = true ] ; then
     # Normally we would set personality based files later
     # But we need to copy worker_reserved.conf now since it needs to be modified for AIO
     ilog "${SYSTEM_TYPE__AIO} Reserved Memory: ${RESERVEDMEM}"
-    TEMPLATE_FILE="/usr/share/worker-utils/config/worker_reserved.conf"
-    TARGET_FILE="/etc/platform/worker_reserved.conf"
     if [ ! -e "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" ] ; then
         report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TEMPLATE_FILE}"
     fi
@@ -2433,7 +2433,13 @@ elif [ "${worker}" = true ] ; then
     # Keep logic contained and copy worker_reserved.conf now since we need
     # to do the copy for AIO above
     ilog "Enable ${TARGET_FILE} for ${TRAIT__WORKER}"
+    if [ ! -e "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" ] ; then
+        report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TEMPLATE_FILE}"
+    fi
     cp "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" "${TARGET_FILE}"
+    if [ ! -e "${TARGET_FILE}" ] ; then
+        report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TARGET_FILE}"
+    fi
 fi
 
 true
diff --git a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
index 99c45b09..03b01ec6 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
@@ -2550,6 +2550,8 @@ fi
 ######################################################################
 # From post_system_aio
 ######################################################################
+TEMPLATE_FILE="/usr/share/worker-utils/config/worker_reserved.conf"
+TARGET_FILE="/etc/platform/worker_reserved.conf"
 if [ "${aio}" = true ] ; then
 
     ## Reserve more memory for base processes since the controller has higher
@@ -2575,8 +2577,6 @@ if [ "${aio}" = true ] ; then
     # Normally we would set personality based files later
     # But we need to copy worker_reserved.conf now since it needs to be modified for AIO
     ilog "${SYSTEM_TYPE__AIO} Reserved Memory: ${RESERVEDMEM}"
-    TEMPLATE_FILE="/usr/share/worker-utils/config/worker_reserved.conf"
-    TARGET_FILE="/etc/platform/worker_reserved.conf"
     if [ ! -e "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" ] ; then
         report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TEMPLATE_FILE}"
     fi
@@ -2601,7 +2601,13 @@ elif [ "${worker}" = true ] ; then
     # Keep logic contained and copy worker_reserved.conf now since we need
     # to do the copy for AIO above
     ilog "Enable ${TARGET_FILE} for ${TRAIT__WORKER}"
+    if [ ! -e "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" ] ; then
+        report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TEMPLATE_FILE}"
+    fi
     cp "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" "${TARGET_FILE}"
+    if [ ! -e "${TARGET_FILE}" ] ; then
+        report_failure_with_msg "Cannot configure worker cpu/memory ; missing ${TARGET_FILE}"
+    fi
 fi
 
 true