diff --git a/pkg/cmd/operator/operator.go b/pkg/cmd/operator/operator.go
index 69e167bafd..995d916be4 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/operator/operator.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
@@ -243,20 +242,26 @@ func Run(healthPort, monitoringPort int32, leaderElection bool, leaderElectionID
 
 // findOrCreateIntegrationPlatform create default integration platform in operator namespace if not already exists.
 func findOrCreateIntegrationPlatform(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, operatorNamespace string) error {
+	operatorID := defaults.OperatorID()
 	var platformName string
-	if defaults.OperatorID() != "" {
-		platformName = defaults.OperatorID()
+	if operatorID != "" {
+		platformName = operatorID
 	} else {
 		platformName = platform.DefaultPlatformName
 	}
 
 	if pl, err := kubernetes.GetIntegrationPlatform(ctx, c, platformName, operatorNamespace); pl == nil || k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		defaultPlatform := v1.NewIntegrationPlatform(operatorNamespace, platformName)
+
 		if defaultPlatform.Labels == nil {
 			defaultPlatform.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 		}
 		defaultPlatform.Labels["camel.apache.org/platform.generated"] = "true"
 
+		if operatorID != "" {
+			defaultPlatform.SetOperatorID(operatorID)
+		}
+
 		if _, err := c.CamelV1().IntegrationPlatforms(operatorNamespace).Create(ctx, &defaultPlatform, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}